[Effectiveness of various combinations of chemoradiotherapy for children and adolescents with Hodgkin's disease].

The paper presents the results of a retrospective analysis of the chemoradiotherapy of 393 infant patients with Hodgkin's disease.

[Secondary malignancies in late periods after chemoradiotherapy for lymphogranulomatosis in children].

The incidence of secondary malignancies (SM) was studied in a population of 219 patients in late periods (3-29 years) after childhood and adolescence chemoradiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). SMs were found in 15 (6.8%) patients.

[Efficiency of radiation or chemoradiation therapy for diffusely growing brainstem tumors in children].

Radiation or chemoradiation therapy was performed in 97 children with diffusely growing brainstem tumors. A reduction in the severity of neurological disorders was achieved in 92 (94.8%) patients.

[Radiotherapy for brain stem neoplasms in children].

The immediate and short-term results of radiotherapy of brain stem tumors in 24 children were evaluated. All the patients were able to sustain treatment due to adjuvant support with dehydrating and hormonal drugs, and beneficial clinical effect was recorded in 80%. However, MRT showed no decrease in tumor size.

[Radiotherapy of cerebellar medulloblastoma in children].

Out of 108 children with brain tumors, aged 3-15, receiving radiotherapy in 191-1997, cerebral medulloblastoma was identified in 37 (34%). After total or subtotal excision of tumor, the latter were given 4-12 cycles of polychemotherapy. The brain and spinal marrow was exposed to 30-35 Gy followed by aiming 50-55 Gy irradiation of posterior cranial fossa.