Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network

The treatment of medulloblastoma has evolved considerably over the last 10 years. Treatment intensity is now stratified within clinical trials, using risk-associated clinical features and molecular biomarkers, aimed at maximising cure rates whilst minimising long-term disease and therapy-associated...

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Main Authors: S. Bailey, S. Jacobs, M. Kourti, M. Massimino, N. Andre, F. Doz, C. Dufour, S. Vennarini, L. Padovani, K. Aquilina, U. Thomale, A. Joshi, T. Pietsch, S. Avula, G. Morana, S. Rutkowski, B. Pizer, SC Clifford
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Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
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S. Jacobs
M. Kourti
M. Massimino
N. Andre
F. Doz
C. Dufour
S. Vennarini
L. Padovani
K. Aquilina
U. Thomale
A. Joshi
T. Pietsch
S. Avula
G. Morana
S. Rutkowski
B. Pizer
SC Clifford
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SC Clifford
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description The treatment of medulloblastoma has evolved considerably over the last 10 years. Treatment intensity is now stratified within clinical trials, using risk-associated clinical features and molecular biomarkers, aimed at maximising cure rates whilst minimising long-term disease and therapy-associated side-effects. In Europe, we have developed a long-term strategy of using randomised trials to test stratified treatments across all medulloblastoma disease demographics, and to investigate further stratification using biological analysis of the samples collected. Importantly, care must be taken not to adopt experimental arms from trial protocols into routine practice, prior to trials’ results being available. Moreover, there are time periods when trials are not open to recruitment for all the various risk-groups. These guidelines, developed under the auspices of SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network for Paediatric Oncology, ERN PaedCan, review recent and current trials, alongside the literature, to provide evidence-based guidance for the contemporary therapy of medulloblastoma.
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spelling doaj-art-273dabc371e24b97bfa27149cb87b9cf2025-08-20T03:31:05ZengElsevierEJC Paediatric Oncology2772-610X2025-06-01510020510.1016/j.ejcped.2024.100205Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference NetworkS. Bailey0S. Jacobs1M. Kourti2M. Massimino3N. Andre4F. Doz5C. Dufour6S. Vennarini7L. Padovani8K. Aquilina9U. Thomale10A. Joshi11T. Pietsch12S. Avula13G. Morana14S. Rutkowski15B. Pizer16SC Clifford17Great North Children’s Hospital and Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.Department of Pediatric Oncology University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Oncololgy, Pediatric Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium3rd Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GreeceFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, ItalyDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology and Oncology, APHM, La Timone Children’s Hospital, Marseille, France; Aix Marseille University, Marseille, FranceSIREDO Centre (Care, innovation, research in pediatric, adolescent and young adults oncology), Institut Curie and Unviversity Paris Cité, Paris, FranceGustave Roussy, Department of Child and Adolescent Oncology, Villejuif, FrancePediatric Radiotherapy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan 20133, ItalyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, APHM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, UMR7051, FranceDepartment of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UKPediatric Neurosurgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Neuropathology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomDepartment of Neuropathology & DGNN Brain Tumor Reference Center, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Radiology, Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United KingdomDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Turin, Turin, ItalyDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, GermanyUniversity of Liverpool, United KingdomWolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomThe treatment of medulloblastoma has evolved considerably over the last 10 years. Treatment intensity is now stratified within clinical trials, using risk-associated clinical features and molecular biomarkers, aimed at maximising cure rates whilst minimising long-term disease and therapy-associated side-effects. In Europe, we have developed a long-term strategy of using randomised trials to test stratified treatments across all medulloblastoma disease demographics, and to investigate further stratification using biological analysis of the samples collected. Importantly, care must be taken not to adopt experimental arms from trial protocols into routine practice, prior to trials’ results being available. Moreover, there are time periods when trials are not open to recruitment for all the various risk-groups. These guidelines, developed under the auspices of SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network for Paediatric Oncology, ERN PaedCan, review recent and current trials, alongside the literature, to provide evidence-based guidance for the contemporary therapy of medulloblastoma.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772610X24000655MedulloblastomaSurgeryRadiotherapyChemotherapyRisk-stratified treatment
spellingShingle S. Bailey
S. Jacobs
M. Kourti
M. Massimino
N. Andre
F. Doz
C. Dufour
S. Vennarini
L. Padovani
K. Aquilina
U. Thomale
A. Joshi
T. Pietsch
S. Avula
G. Morana
S. Rutkowski
B. Pizer
SC Clifford
Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network
EJC Paediatric Oncology
Medulloblastoma
Surgery
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Risk-stratified treatment
title Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network
title_full Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network
title_fullStr Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network
title_full_unstemmed Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network
title_short Medulloblastoma therapy: Consensus treatment recommendations from SIOP-Europe and the European Reference Network
title_sort medulloblastoma therapy consensus treatment recommendations from siop europe and the european reference network
topic Medulloblastoma
Surgery
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Risk-stratified treatment
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772610X24000655
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