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How do you manage a pediatric patient less than 3 years old with first relapse of medulloblastoma?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
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I am going to assume that this child was treated with high dose chemotherapy and no cranio-spinal irradiation prior to this progression since this is the most often used approach albeit not the only one.

As all practicing pediatric Neuro-oncologists are aware, this age group is one of the most chall...

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
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I fully agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last. Please read the excellent paper from Erker et al., PMID 36548930. It contains a wealth of information (real life) that can help with the decision, including subgrouping.

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