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ABSTRACT: Background
Hippocampal avoidance has been suggested as a strategy to reduce short-term memory decline in adults receiving whole-brain radiation therapy (RT). The purpose of this study was to determine whether the hippocampal dose in children and adolescents undergoing RT for low-grade glioma was associated with memory, as measured by verbal recall.Methods
Eighty patients aged at least 6 years but less than 21 years with low-grade glioma were treated with RT to 54 Gy on a phase II protocol. Patients underwent age-appropriate cognitive testing at baseline, 6 months posttreatment, yearly through 5 years posttreatment, year 7 or 8, and year 10 posttreatment. Random coefficient models were used to estimate the longitudinal trends in cognitive assessment scores.Results
Median neurocognitive follow-up was 9.8 years. There was a significant decline in short-delay recall (slope = -0.01 standard deviation [SD]/year, P < 0.001), total recall (slope = -0.09 SD/y, P = 0.005), and long-delay recall (slope = -0.01 SD/y, P = 0.002). On multivariate regression, after accounting for hydrocephalus, decline in short-delay recall was associated with the volume of right (slope = -0.001 SD/y, P = 0.019) or left hippocampus (slope = -0.001 SD/y, P = 0.025) receiving 40 Gy (V40 Gy). On univariate regression, decline in total recall was only associated with right hippocampal dosimetry (V40 Gy slope = -0.002, P = 0.025). In children <12 years, on univariate regression, decline in long-delay recall was only associated with right (V40 Gy slope = -0.002, P = 0.013) and left (V40 Gy slope = -0.002, P = 0.014) hippocampal dosimetry.Conclusion
In this 10-year longitudinal study, greater hippocampal dose was associated with a greater decline in delayed recall. Such findings might be informative for radiation therapy planning, warranting prospective evaluation.
SUBMITTER: Acharya S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594551 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acharya Sahaja S Wu Shengjie S Ashford Jason M JM Tinkle Christopher L CL Lucas John T JT Qaddoumi Ibrahim I Gajjar Amar A Krasin Matthew J MJ Conklin Heather M HM Merchant Thomas E TE
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<h4>Background</h4>Hippocampal avoidance has been suggested as a strategy to reduce short-term memory decline in adults receiving whole-brain radiation therapy (RT). The purpose of this study was to determine whether the hippocampal dose in children and adolescents undergoing RT for low-grade glioma was associated with memory, as measured by verbal recall.<h4>Methods</h4>Eighty patients aged at least 6 years but less than 21 years with low-grade glioma were treated with RT to 54 Gy on a phase II ...[more]