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C Aquino-Parsons1, J Hukin, A Green
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Vancouver Cancer Center, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. cparsons@bccancer.bc.ca
Abstract:
In an attempt to improve local control, we assessed the feasibility of the addition of 4 min of carbogen inhalation (as a radiosensitizer) to daily fractionated radiotherapy in pediatric patients with high grade and/or diffuse brainstem gliomas. Ten patients inhaled carbogen for >90% of the radiation treatments. Median survival time from start of therapy was 0.80 years. Carbogen inhalation did not appear to improve the dismal prognosis.
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