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Radiation Therapy in Craniopharyngioma

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Craniopharyngioma are rare intracranial, perisellar tumors of adamantinomatous or papillary subtype. Alhough “benign” in nature they might lead to devastating deficits or death in children or adults. After surgical resection local failure occurs frequently. Definitive/adjuvant radiation therapy or treatment at relapse yields high local control rates and long overall survival. Radicality of resection and timing of radiotherapy must be balanced against side effects. Fractionated intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy or proton-treatment are preferential radiation techniques.

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    C. Seidel

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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  3. Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation-Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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Seidel, C., Meixensberger, J., Kortmann, R.D. (2018). Radiation Therapy in Craniopharyngioma. In: Wenz, F. (eds) Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52619-5_7-1

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