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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Mar;48(3):285–291. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20815

TABLE II.

Definition of Response

Complete response (CR) Disappearance of all radiographically discernible lesions with negative CSF cytology
Partial response (PR) ≥50% reduction of all lesions, as measured by the sum of the products of the maximum perpendicular diameters, with negative CSF cytology
Stable disease (SD) <50% reduction in tumor size, persistently negative or positive CSF cytology
Progressive disease (PD) >25% increase in tumor size, new lesions, or newly positive CSF cytology

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.