Abstract
Background Overall survival (OS) of patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is poor. The purpose of this study is to analyse benefit and toxicity of re-irradiation at first progression. Methods At first progression, 31 children with DIPG, aged 2–16 years, underwent re-irradiation (dose 19.8–30.0 Gy) alone (n = 16) or combined with
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