Re-irradiation for recurrent glioma- the NCI experience in tumor control, OAR toxicity and proposal of a novel prognostic scoring system

Abstract Purpose/objectives Despite mounting evidence for the use of re-irradiation (re-RT) in recurrent high grade glioma, optimal patient selection criteria for re-RT remain unknown. We present a novel scoring system based on radiobiology principles including target independent factors, the likeli...

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Main Authors: Andra Valentina Krauze, Cord Peters, Jason Cheng, Holly Ning, Megan Mackey, Lindsay Rowe, Theresa Cooley-Zgela, Dee Dee Smart, Kevin Camphausen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-017-0930-9