Survival for childhood cancer has increased dramatically over the last 40 years with 5-year
survival rates now approaching 80%. For many diagnostic groups, rapid increases in survival …

A primary objective of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) is to characterize the
major chronic health conditions faced by childhood cancer survivors, and to determine the risk …

A new edition of the WHO classification of tumours of the CNS was published in 2021.
Although the previous edition of this classification was published just 5 years earlier, in 2016, …

… Packer et al … Packer RJ: Chemotherapy for medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal
tumors of the posterior fossa. Ann Neurol 28:823-828, 1990 5. … Robertson PL, Murasko …

✓ Clinical and pathological features of 52 infants and children with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid
tumor (ATT/RhT) of the central nervous system are defined. This tumor is typically …

Purpose: From 1986 to 1992,‘‘eight-drugs-in-oneday’’(8-in-1) chemotherapy both before and
after radiation therapy (XRT)(54 Gy tumor/36 Gy neuraxis) was compared with vincristine, …

… PACKER ET AL … PACKER ET AL … Packer RJ: Chemotherapy for medulloblastoma/primitive
neuroectodermal tumors of the posterior fossa. Ann Neurol 28:823-828, 1990 …

Background Increased attention has been directed toward the long‐term health outcomes of
survivors of childhood cancer. To facilitate such research, a multi‐institutional consortium …

✓ The optimum treatment of nonresectable low-grade gliomas of childhood remains undecided.
There has been increased interest in the use of chemotherapy for young children, but …

Background: Subsequent primary neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS) have
frequently been described as late events following childhood leukemia and brain tumors. …