Brachytherapy for pediatric tumors

Brachytherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-138

  Nag, Subir ^a   Tippin, Douglas B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Childhood neoplasm; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; GROWTH; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY;

EID: 0141560677     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1538-4721(03)00129-6     Document Type: Review

References (50)

1. Maurer H.M., Beltangady M., Gehan E.A., et al. Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study-I: A Final Report. Cancer. 61:1988;209-220.
2. Maurer H.M., Gehan E., Beltangady M., et al. The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study-II. Cancer. 71:1993;1904-1992.
3. Ragab A, Gehan E, Maurer H, et al. For the IRS Committee of CCSG, POG, & UKCCSG: Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study (IRS) III: Preliminary report of the major results. Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, San Diego, California 1992;11:1251.
4. Halperin E.C., Constine L.S., Tarbell N.J., et al. Late effects of cancer treatment. Halperin E.C., Constine L.S., Tarbell N.J., et al. Pediatric radiation oncology. 3rd ed:1999;457-573 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.
5. Constine L.S., Hobbie W., Schwartz C. Facilitated assessment of chronic treatment by symptom and organ systems. Schwarts C., Hobbie W., Constine L., Ruccione K. Survivors of childhood cancer, assessment and management. 1994;Mosby, St. Louis.
6. Fromm M., Littman P., Raney R.B., et al. Late effects after treatment of twenty children with soft-tissue sarcomas of the head and neck. Cancer. 57:1986;2070-2076.
7. Jaffe N., Toth B.B., Hoan R.E., et al. Dental and maxillofacial abnormalities in long-term survivors of childhood cancer: Effects of treatment with chemotherapy and radiation to the head and neck. Pediatrics. 73:1984;816-823.
8. Heyn R., Ragab A., Raney R.B., et al. Late effects of therapy in orbital rhabdomyosarcoma in children. A report from the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study. Cancer. 57:1986;1738-1743.
9. Raney R.B., Asmar L., Vassilopoulou-Selin R., et al. Late complications of therapy in children with localized, non-orbital soft tissue sarcoma of the head and neck: A report from the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Studies (IRS)-II and, III. Proceedings of the American Association of Cancer Research. 37:1996;173.
10. Raney R.B., Heyn R., Hays D.M., et al. Sequelae of treatment in 109 patients followed for five to fifteen years after diagnosis of sarcoma of the bladder and prostate: A report from the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study (IRS) Committee. Cancer. 71:1993;2387-2394.
11. Pais R.C., Ragab A.H. Rhabdomyosarcomas in infancy. Maurer H.M., Ruymann F.B., Pochedly C. Rhabdomyosarcoma and related tumors in children and adolescents. 1991;373-384 CRC Press, Boca Raton.
12. Healey E.A., Shamberger R.C., Grier H.E., et al. A 10-year experience of pediatric brachytherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 32:1995;451-455.
13. Cherlow J.M., Nisar Syed A.M., Puthawala A., et al. Endocurietherapy in pediatric oncology. Am J Pediat Hematol Oncol. 2:1990;155-159.
14. Martelli H., Oberlin O., Rey A., et al. Conservative treatment for girls with nonmetastatic rhabdomyosarcoma of the genital tract: A report from the study committee of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology. J Clin Oncol. 17:1999;2117-2122.
15. Flamant F., Chassagne D., Cosset J.M., et al. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the vagina in the children. Eur J Cancer. 15:1979;527-532.
16. Gerbaulet A.P., Panis X., Flamant F., et al. Iridium afterloading curietherapy in the treatment of pediatric malignancies. Cancer. 56:1985;1274-1279.
17. Gerbaulet A. Pediatric neoplasms. Pierquin B., Wilson J.F., Chassagne D. Modern brachytherapy. 1987;315-316 Masson Publishing, USA, Inc. New York.
18. Gerbaulet A.P., Esche B.A., Haie C.M., et al. Conservative treatment for lower gynecological tract malignancies in children and adolescents: The Institut Gustave-Roussy Experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 16:1989;655-658.
19. Gerbaulet A., Habrand J.L., Haie C., et al. The role of brachytherapy in the conservative treatment of pediatric malignancies: Experience of the Institut Gustave-Roussy. Activity, Selectron Brachytherapy J. 5:1991;85-90.
20. Gerbaulet A.P., Esche B.A., Haie C.M., et al. Conservative treatment for lower gynecological tract malignancies in children and adolescents: The Institut Gustave-Roussy experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 16:1989;655-658.
21. Haie-Meder C., Breton-Callu C., Oberlin O., et al. Curietherapie dans le traitement des rhabdomyosarcomes vesicoprostatiques de l'enfant. Cancer Radiotherapie. 4:(Suppl. 1):2000;145-149.
22. Fontanesi J., Rao B.N., Fleming I.D., et al. Pediatric brachytherapy: The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience. Cancer. 74:1994;733-739.
23. Fontanesi J., Kun L., Pao W., et al. Brachytherapy as primary or "boost" irradiation in 18 children with solid tumors. Endocurieth Hyperth Oncol. 7:1991;195-200.
24. Fontanesi J., Rao B.N., Fleming I.D., et al. Pediatric brachytherapy. Cancer. 74:1994;733-739.
25. Merchant T.E., Parch N., Valle P.L., et al. Brachytherapy for pediatric soft-tissue sarcoma. Int J RadiatOncol Biol Phys. 46:2000;427-432.
26. Curran W.J., Littman P., Raney R.B. Interstitial radiation therapy in the treatment of childhood soft-tissue sarcomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 14:1988;169-174.
27. Flamant F., Gerbaulet A., Nihoul-Fekete C., et al. Long-term sequelae of conservative treatment by surgery brachytherapy and chemotherapy for vulval and vaginal rhabdomyosarcoma in children. J Clin Oncol. 8:1990;1847-1853.
28. Goffinet D.R., Martinez A., Pooles D., et al. Pediatric brachytherapy. George F.W. III. Modern interstitial and intracavitary radiation cancer management. 1981;57-70 Masson Publishing, USA, Inc. New York.
29. Hilaris B.S., Nori D., Anderson L.L. Brachytherapy in pediatric oncology. An atlas of brachytherapy. 1988;294-302 MacMillan Publishing Co. New York.
30. Knight P.H., Doornbos J.F., Rosen D., et al. The use of interstitial radiation therapy in the treatment of persistent, localized, and unresectable cancer in children. Cancer. 57:1986;951-954.
31. 125Iodine implant of a rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate in a 20-month-old boy. Endocurieth Hyperth Oncol. 8:1992;49-52.
32. Martinez A., Goffinet D.R., Donaldson S.S., Palos B. The use of interstitial therapy in pediatric malignancies. Front Radiat Ther Onc. 12:1978;91-100.
33. Nag S., Rao B. Interstitial radiation implantation of pediatric solid tumors: Preliminary results (Abstr). Endocurieth Hyperth Oncol. 1:1985;138.
34. Nechuskin M., Androsov N., Durnov L., et al. Initial experience in the USSR in the treatment of paediatric cancers using the microSelectron-LDR. Selectron Brachyth J. 4:1990;78-79.
35. Novaes P.E. Interstitial therapy in the management of soft tissue sarcomas in childhood. Med Ped Oncol. 13:1985;221-224.
36. Pierquin B., Chassagne D.J., Chahbazian C.M., et al. Embryonal sarcomas in children. Brachytherapy. 1978;207-208 Warren Green, St. Louis.
37. Plowman P.N., Doughty D., Harnett A.N. The role of brachytherapy in the multidisciplinary therapy of localized cancers. Br J Radiol. 62:1989;218-222.
38. Zelefsky M.J., LaQuaglia M.P., Harrison L.B. Combination surgery and brachytherapy for pediatric soft tissue sarcomas. Endocurie Hypertherm Oncol. 9:1993;50.
39. Rübe C, Hillmann A, Schmilowski GM, et al. Combination of preoperative external beam radiochemotherapy and intraoperative brachytherapy for children with Ewing's sarcoma. In: Bruggmoser G, Mould RF, editors. Brachytherapy Review: Proceedings of the German Brachytherapy Conference, Freiburg, November 1994. Freiburg, Germany: Albert-Ludwigs-University; Chapter 39.
40. Zelefsky M.J., LaQuaglia M.P., Harrison L.B., et al. Preliminary results of Phase I/II study of high-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy for pediatric tumors. J Surg Oncol. 62:1996;267-272.
41. Goodman K.A., Wolden S.L., Zelefsky M.J., et al. Intraoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy for pediatric solid tumors: A 10-year experience. Brachytherapy. 2:2003;139-146.
42. Nag S., Martinez-Monge R., Ruymann F.B., et al. Innovation in the management of soft tissue sarcomas in infants and young children: High-dose-rate brachytherapy. J Clin Oncol. 15:1997;3075-3083.
43. Nag S., Orton C. Development of intraoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy for treatment of resected tumor beds in anesthetized patients. Endocuriether Hypertherm Oncol. 9:1993;187-193.
44. Nag S., Grecula J.C., Ruymann F. Aggressive chemotherapy, organ-preserving surgery, and high-dose-rate remote brachytherapy for the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma in infants and young children. Cancer. 72:1993;2769-2776.
45. Nag S., Olson T., Ruymann F., et al. High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy in childhood sarcomas: A local control strategy preserving bone growth and organ function. Med Pediat Oncol. 25:1995;463-469.
46. Nag S., Martinez-Monge R., Gupta N. Intraoperative radiation therapy using electron-beam and high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Cancer J. 10:1997;94-101.
47. Nag S., Ruymann F., Su C.M., et al. The use of high dose rate remote brachytherapy in pediatric tumors. Activity Selectron Brachytherapy J. 4:1990;22-23.
48. Nag S., Tippin D.B., Ruymann F.B. Intraoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy for the treatment of pediatric tumors: The Ohio State University experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 51:2001;729-735.
49. Nag S, Tippin DB, Smith SS, Ruymann FB. Long-term morbidity in children treated with fractionated high-dose-rate brachytherapy for soft tissue sarcomas. J Pediat Hematol Oncol. In press.
50. Pötter R., Knocke T.H., Kovacs G., et al. Brachytherapy in the combined modality treatment of pediatric malignancies: Principles and preliminary experience with treatment of soft tissue sarcoma (recurrence) and Ewing's sarcoma. Klin Pädiatr. 207:1995;164-173.