In what situations would you omit craniospinal irradiation in a patient with a pineoblastoma?
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For an adult patient with pineoblastoma and no spinal disease on staging work-up would you
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Radiation Oncology · Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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I think in general, for pineoblastoma, the treatment paradigm has been for craniospinal radiotherapy due to risk of craniospinal seeding. I would take into account the extent of resection, age, spinal disease, etc.
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