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What is your approach to treating gliomatosis cerebri?

When would you recommend chemotherapy alone, radiation alone, and combined chemoradiotherapy? When treating with RT, what volumes and doses do you use?
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Radiation Oncology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital
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I think a number of considerations have to be taken into account:

- Symptoms, KPS, patient age, prior therapy, and underlying morbidities...

At present, there are no clear biologic prognostic factors and so clarifying whether the cases represent true gliomatosis is essential. A recent consensus conf...

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