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Are there any unique considerations for treating pediatric high grade glioma?

i.e. Should concurrent therapy be given?, Does MGMT matter? What are the current most promising therapeutic approaches? Should we always treat based on the control arm of the last COG study? Should all peds HGG cases get RT? Are there times when a delay in RT is reasonable following resection?
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Radiation Oncology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Trial availability, disease extent, age, specific molecular alterations, and family history should likely all play a role in choosing the most appropriate treatment paradigm.

It’s expected that most future studies in pediatric high grade glioma will be stratified by their nascent biology, given that ...

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