Abstract Objective To investigate the treatment outcomes of 41 patients with suprasellar and pineal germinoma who are treated in our department in recent 18 years,and to explore related therapeutic strategies. Methods A total of 41 patients with concurrent suprasellar and pineal germinoma who were treated in our department from January 1996 to August 2013 were enrolled. There were 35 male patients and 6 female patients,and the median age was 16 years (range 5-39 years).Five patients had pathologically confirmed germinoma and 36 patients had clinically diagnosed germinoma. Conventional radiotherapy was performed for 33 patients,and intensity-modulated radiotherapy was performed for 8 patients. Combined-modality chemoradiotherapy was performed for the 5 patients with pathologically diagnosed germinoma. The 6 MV X-ray was applied for radiotherapy;6 patients received whole ventricular irradiation and a boost in tumor region,16 received whole-brain radiotherapy and a boost in tumor region,and 19 received craniospinal irradiation and a boost in tumor region. The median radiation dose for tumor region was 45.0 Gy (37.8-50.0 Gy),and the median dose for prophylactic irradiation was 25.0 Gy (17.8-35.0 Gy).The survival was caculated using Kaplan-Meier method. Results The number of patients followed were 26 at 5-years. The 5-year overall survival rate and relapse-free survival rate were 95% and 85%,respectively. Relapse and metastasis were noted in 8 patients,and 3 of them died. There were 4 patients with spinal cord metastasis,1 patient with ventricular dissemination,and 3 patients with periventricular relapse. Among the 22 patients who did not undergo spinal irradiation,4(18.2%) experienced spinal cord metastasis,and all the other 19 patients who underwent spinal irradiation did not experience spinal cord metastasis. The 8 patients undergoing intensity-modulated radiotherapy and the 5 patients undergoing combined-modality chemoradiotherapy did not experience treatment failure during follow-up. Conclusions Radiotherapy for intracranial germinoma has a good therapeutic effect,and the patients with suprasellar and pineal germinoma who do not undergo spinal cord irradiation have a high failure rate. It is suggested to perform spinal cord irradiation for patients with suprasellar and pineal lesions.
Lian Xin,Hou Xiaorong,Liu Zhikai et al. Treatment outcomes of primary suprasellar and pineal germinoma and related therapeutic strategies:an analysis of 41 patients[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2016, 25(3): 216-219.
Lian Xin,Hou Xiaorong,Liu Zhikai et al. Treatment outcomes of primary suprasellar and pineal germinoma and related therapeutic strategies:an analysis of 41 patients[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2016, 25(3): 216-219.
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