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Article Title: Surgery and dose-escalated radiotherapy for a de novo intracranial squamous cell carcinoma of the cerebellopontine angle
Authors: Mula-Hussain, Layth; Malone, Julia; dos Santos, Marlise P.; Alkherayf, Fahad; Sinclair, John; Malone, Shawn
Journal: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY Volume 27
Date of Publication:2021
Abstract:
We report an extremely rare case of de novo intracranial squamous cell carcinoma of the cerebellopontine angle. The patient underwent craniotomy for debulking of the lesion to relieve mass effect on the brainstem and to establish a tissue diagnosis. Cancer staging revealed no other primary cancers and no evidence of metastatic disease. Postoperatively, he received image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy to the tumor bed followed by fractionated radiosurgery boost to the gross residual disease for a total average dose of 7000 cGy. He had a complete response to radiation and remains 42-months' disease-free post-treatment. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology.