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Table 2 Patient´s characteristics at the time of re-irradiation and outcomes

From: Re-irradiation of recurrent pediatric ependymoma: modalities and outcomes: a twenty-year survey

 

RT1-RT2 (months)

RT1-failure-RT2 (months)

Chemotherapy before RT2

Surgery before RT2

RT2 total Gy; dose per fraction

Site RT2

RT2 failure

Location RT2 failure*

TTP 2 or last follow up (months)

FU after RT2 (months)

Current status

Local relapses

HypoFFRT

1

52

2

No

GTR

35; 3.5

4th ventricle

No

DA

25

25

NED

2

37

3

No

GTR

44; 4.4

4th ventricle

Yes

Metastatic

11

34

NED

3

35

3

No

GTR

35; 3.5

4th ventricle

Yes

Infield

31

31

PD

4

46

2

No

GTR

27; 4.5

4th ventricle

Yes

Metastatic

15

57

DOD

5

16

4

No

GTR

35; 3.5

Left parietal

Yes

Margin/mets

5

12

DOD

6

22

3

No

GTR

25; 5

Left parietal

No

DA

37

37

NED

7

27

1

No

NS

14

Left cerebellar

No

DA

99

99

NED

8

34

1

No

GTR

36; 6

4th + Left lateral V

No

DA

12

12

NED

FFRT

9

44

33

Yes

STR

50.4; 1.8

Left temporal

Yes

Infield

19

27

DOD

10

70

9

No

NS

54; 1.8

Right CP angle

Yes

Infield

14

24

NED

11

31

18

No

GTR

DA

Parietal

Yes

Infield

0

2

DOD

12

12

3

Yes

STR

37.5; 2.5

Fronto-parietal

Yes

Margin/mets

3

19

DOD

13

23

5

No

GTR

45; 1.8

4th ventricle

Yes

Infield/margin

9

35

DOD

14

88

2

No

GTR

59.4; 1.8

Temporo-parietal

No

DA

6

6

NED

15

38

2

No

GTR

54; 1.8

4th ventricle

No

DA

69

69

NED

Metastatic relapses

HypoFFRT

16

69

4

No

GTR

51; 5.1

Right temporal

Yes

Metastatic

2

15

DOD

17

17

5

No

GTR

45; 3

Frontal

No

DA

17

17

NED

18

19

17

No

GTR

37.5; 6.25

Left lateral ventricle

No

DA

9

9

NED

FFRT and spinal RT

19

51

6

Yes

STR

54; 2.25

Suprasellar

Yes

Metastatic

7

33

DOD

20

9

2

No

STR

35 + 15; 1.8

SP(B L3-TS)

Yes

Metastatic

8

22

DOD

21

12

2

Yes

GTR

54; 1.8

Fronto-parietal

Yes

Metastatic

2

35

DOD

22

8

3

No

STR

35 + 18; 1.8

SP(B TS)

Yes

Metastatic

15

42

DOD

23

15

1

No

GTR

54; 1.8

L4-S3

Yes

Metastatic

11

18

NED

24

6

2

Yes

STR

35 + 10; 1.8

SP(B T9-L1)

Yes

Metastatic

6

9

DOD

25

10

2

No

STR

36 + 14; 1.8

SP(B TS)

Yes

Metastatic

13

25

DOD

CSI

26

15

13

Yes

NS

40 + 15; 1.8

BR (B PF)

No

DA

140

140

NED

27

105

5

No

GTR

36 + 14; 1.8

BR(PPF)/SP(B TS)

No

DA

83

83

NED

28

14

1

Yes

STR

36; 1.8

BR (PPF)/SP

Yes

Metastatic

2

8

DOD

29

35

27

No

NS

45/36; 1.8

BR/SP

Yes

Infield

40

99

DOD

30

16

4

Yes

STR

30/36 + 18; 1.8

BR(PPF)/SP(B C)

No

DA

11

11

NED

31

27

2

No

NS

40; 1.8

BR/SP to L1

No

DA

69

69

NED

32

17

2

Yes

STR

36 + 9; 1.8

BR (PPF)/SP(B C)

Yes

Metastatic

6

8

DOD

  1. B boost, BR brain, CSI craniospinal irradiation, C conus, DA does not apply, DOD dead of disease, FFRT focal fractionated radiotherapy, FU follow up, GTR gross total resection, HypoFFRT hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy, Mets metastatic, NED no evidence of disease, NS no surgery, PD progressive disease, PF posterior fossa, PPF protection posterior fossa, STR subtotal resection, SP spinal axis, TTP time to progression, TS thecal sac, V ventricule
  2. * Location RT2 failure regarding RT2 field infield at margin and metastatic