Postoperative Chemotherapy for Medulloblastoma

Abstract

The survival rate and cognitive function of 43 children, age <3 years, with medulloblastoma treated with intensive postoperative chemotherapy alone, without radiotherapy, were determined at the University of Wurzburg and other centers in Germany Chemotherapy consisted of three two-month cycles of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, vincristine, carboplatin, and etoposide.

Keywords

• postoperative chemotherapy
• medulloblastoma
• asymptomatic leukoencephalopathy