Abstract
In a series of 17 biopsy-proved cases of medulloblastoma all patients were treated by megavoltage irradiation in the Stanford University Division of Radiation Therapy. The entire craniospinal axis was treated in each case. The five-year survival in the series was 27 percent.
Two ten-year survivors were studied in detail. The major longterm disability was inhibition of growth of the vertebral column.
In this series, a normal tissue nominal standard dose of at least 1275 rets was necessary for tumor control.
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