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CNS Tumors in Children

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Radiation Oncology

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Pediatric CNS malignancies represent 20% of all pediatric malignancies, and approximately 3,000 cases occur in the United States annually. CNS malignancies are the most frequent tumors in childhood after hematological malignancies and require a multidisciplinary management. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy play a prominent role in the management of nearly all pediatric CNS malignancies; however, the selection of treatment is based on the pathology as well as the extent of the disease.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12th Avenue, D-31, Suite 1500, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

    Cristiane Takita MD & Georges F. Hatoum MD

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology National University Cancer Institute of Singapore National University Health System, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Singapore

    Jiade J. Lu MD, MBA (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, 270 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200232, P.R. China

    Jiade J. Lu MD, MBA (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant and Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  3. College of Medicine, Drexel University, Broad & Vine Sts., Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102-1192, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor) (Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor)

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Takita, C., Hatoum, G.F. (2008). CNS Tumors in Children. In: Lu, J.J., Brady, L.W. (eds) Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77385-6_38

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