Abstract:BACKGROUND: Pediatric Diffuse intrinsic pediatric glioma (DIPG) remained dismal regardless of the new therapeutic and technical attempts. PURPOSE: To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of hypofractionated radiotherapy in pediatric DIPG compared to conventional radiotherapy and to determine the prognostic factors for its overall (OS) and progressionfree survival (PFS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sixty four children, below the age of 18 years, who presented to Children's Cancer Hospital, Egypt (CCHE) during the pe… Show more
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