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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2008 Oct;23(10):1195–1204. doi: 10.1177/0883073808321769

Table 1.

Recent Treatment Strategies for Infant Embryonal Tumors

Treatment 5-y EFS (%) (Ref)
MB Chemotherapy (vcr/cis/cyclo/vp16 or carbo/ifos/vp16) and delayed RT 32 +/− 5 (54)
Chemotherapy (vcr/cyclo/carbo/vp16/mtx) and IT mtx 82 +/− 9 (CR)
50 +/− 13 (PR)
33 +/− 14 (M+)
(41)
Chemotherapy (no mtx) alone, then HDCT + RT if evidence of progression/relapse 29 (CR)
6 (PR)
13 (M+)
(57)
sPNET Chemotherapy (vcr/cis/cyclo/vp16 or carbo/ifos/vp16) and delayed RT 17 +/− 6 (54)
Chemotherapy (multi-agent) alone 14 (65)
Chemotherapy (multi-agent) +/− HD-mtx followed by HDCT and autologous PBSC 39 (70)
ATRT Chemotherapy (vcr/cis/cyclo/vp16 or carbo/ifos/vp16) and delayed RT 14 +/− 7 (54)

Abbreviations: carbo = carboplatin; CR = complete resection; cyclo = cyclophosphamide; EFS = event-free survival; ifos = ifosfamide; HDCT = high-dose chemotherapy; HD-mtx = high-dose methotrexate; IT = intrathecal; M+ = metastatic disease at diagnosis; mtx = methotrexate; PBSC = peripheral blood stem cell rescue; PR = partial resection; Ref = reference citation; RT = radiotherapy; vcr = vincristine; vp16 = etoposide.