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. 2016 May 30;18(Suppl 3):iii98. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now076.06

MB-06: TREATMENT RESULTS OF MEDULLOBLASTOMA IN CHILDREN OLDER THAN 3 YEARS OF AGE ACCORDING TO MOLECULAR SUBGROUP-SPECIFIC RISK STRATIFICATION

Andrey Levashov 1, Anna Stroganova 2, Marina Rizhova 3, Dmitry Khochenkov 4, Stepan Babelyan 1, Natalya Subbotina 1, Vidmante Daylidite 1, Alexandr Popa 1, George Mentkevich 1, Igor Dolgopolov 1
PMCID: PMC4903560

From 2008 to 2015 years 57 pediatric patients with de novo medulloblastoma were included in trial. Average risk group (ARG) was presented by: R0M0, R1M0 (WNT, SHH desmoplastic variant and MBEN); high risk group (HRG): M + , R1 (different from ARG), LCA (non-WNT), C-MYC/N-MYC amplifications, iso17q (Group3). Children of ARG underwent therapy like ARG-SJMB03; for HRG: arm A - like HRG-SJMB03, arm B - MTX-OPEC / radiation therapy (CSI 24.4 or 36 Gy + local – up to 54Gy) / 2 cycles thiophosphamide/carboplatin with auto SCT. Twenty four children were included in ARG, 33 – in HRG (arm A 22, arm B 11). R1 status was revealed in 33.3% patients, M+ – 36.8%, LCA variant - 7%, WNT subgroup - 7%, SHH – 23.3%, Group3 – 20.9%, Group 4 – 48.8%, C-MYC/N-MYC amplification - 3.5%, iso17q (Group3) - in 7 out of 9 cases (77.8%) of whom 5 M + , 5 R1. In ARG EFS, PFS were 82.1 ± 9.4%, a median follow-up 37.2 ± 5.6 months; for HRG arm A: EFS 53.5 ± 13%, PFS 59.3 ± 13.7%, a median follow-up 35.2 ± 5.3 months; for HRG arm B: EFS, PFS was 100%, a median follow-up 16.2 ± 2.8 months. Three events were revealed in ARG, 8 – in HRG (arm A). Events: late relapse - 5 cases (only in Group4), early relapse - 3, progression - 1 with C-MYC amplification. Six patients with iso17q (Group3), 1 with N-MYC amplification are alive. Treatment related mortality was 3.5% due to septic complications.


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