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Changes to This Summary (08/01/2008)
The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as
new information becomes available. This section describes the latest
changes made to this summary as of the date above.
Classification 1
Added text 2 about salvage radiation therapy that has been used in patients whose tumors were incompletely resected (cited Leenstra et al. as reference 32).
Treatment Option Overview 3
Added text 4 to include epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors and vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, and other antiangiogenesis agents to the novel biologic therapies under clinical evaluation (cited Fine as reference 12).
Added Ogawa et al. as reference 16 5.
Pilocytic Astrocytomas 6
Added Stüer et al. as reference 3 7.
Glioblastoma 8
Added text 9 about patients with glioblastoma multiforme in a clinical trial who were randomly assigned to receive radiation therapy plus supportive care or supportive care only (cited Keime-Guibert et al. as reference 1 and level of evidence 1iiA).
Added Chamberlain et al. as reference 14 10.
Embryonal Cell Tumors: Medulloblastoma 11
Added Brandes et al. as reference 4 12. |
