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Παρασκευή 2 Μαρτίου 2018

Imaging biomarkers of outcome after radiotherapy for pediatric ependymoma

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Publication date: Available online 2 March 2018
Source:Radiotherapy and Oncology
Author(s): Fatima Tensaouti, Anne Ducassou, Léonor Chaltiel, Annick Sevely, Stéphanie Bolle, Laetitia Padovani, Anais Jouin, Claire Alapetite, Stéphane Supiot, Aymeri Huchet, Valérie Bernier, Line Claude, Christine Kerr, Elisabeth Le Prisé, Anne-Isabelle Bertozzi-Salamon, Samuel Liceaga, Jean Albert Lotterie, Patrice Péran, Anne Laprie
Background and purposeEpendymoma is the third most common brain tumor in children. Radiation therapy (RT) is systematically administered after maximum surgical resection, utilizing recent advances in radiation delivery. Imaging can make a significant contribution to improving treatment outcome. This prompted us to look for significant preoperative and postoperative imaging markers for survival.Material and methodsWe undertook a national retrospective review of 121 patients who had undergone resection followed by RT. Preoperative tumor volumes on T1 and FLAIR images were delineated, together with postoperative hyperintense volumes on FLAIR images. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) analyses included clinical data and volumes extracted from images.ResultsAfter a median follow-up of 38.5 months, 80.2% of patients were alive, but 39.7% had experienced at least one event. Statistically significant differences between patients with and without postoperative FLAIR abnormalities were found for both DFS (71.9% vs. 40.3%; p = 0.006) and OS (93.7% vs. 72.4%; p = 0.023) in the univariate analyses, and for OS (p = 0.049) in the multivariate analyses.ConclusionsPostoperative FLAIR hyperintensities are a negative prognostic factor for intracranial ependymoma and may be a surrogate for residual disease. They could therefore prove helpful in patients' surgical and radiotherapeutic management.



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