ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S2060

Clinical - Paediatric

ESTRO 2024

Keywords: Pediatric brain tumours, Radiotherapy, Africa

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Poster Discussion

Is pseudoprogression common in low grade glioma patients treated with radiotherapy?

Abiola Fatimilehin 1 , Jia Min Lim 2 , Anna France 3 , Jason Kennedy 3 , Rovel Colaco 1 , Simona Gaito 1 , John-Paul Kilday 4,5 , Daniel Saunders 1 , Nicola Thorp 1 , Gillian Whitfield 2,1 , Shermaine Pan 1 1 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Oncology, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2 The University of Manchester, Division of Cancer Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom. 3 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Proton Clinical Outcomes Unit, Manchester, United Kingdom. 4 The University of Manchester, Centre for Paediatric, Teenage and Young Adult Cancer, Manchester, United Kingdom. 5 The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Paediatric Oncology, Manchester, United Kingdom