The relationship between ventricular volume and whole-brain irradiation dose in central nervous system germ cell tumors.
Stephanie A TollMarjorie T JonesEmi J YoshidaGirish DhallArthur J OlchKenneth K WongPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2019)
Although whole-ventricular IMRT limited irradiation to surrounding tissue in our cohort, a significant percentage of the brain received at least 12 Gy. This study suggests that there is a positive correlation between ventricular volume and the volume of brain parenchyma receiving at least 12 Gy with an important contribution from the boost phase of treatment.