QOL-07. CORTICAL VOLUME AND THICKNESS IN ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS
Neuro-oncology(2020)
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Abstract PURPOSE A brain tumor treatment including cranial radiotherapy has previously been associated with long-term neurocognitive sequelae. Since underlying neurological mechanisms remain inconclusive, we investigated cortical features in childhood posterior fossa tumor survivors. METHODS T1-weighted MRI (MPRAGE, resolution=.98x.98x1.2mm) was acquired to investigate the cortical structure in adult survivors of childhood infratentorial tumors (n=19, 15males) (16.4–34.8 years old, >2years after treatment). These scans were compared to age- and gender- matched controls. Supratentorial cortical volume and thickness were investigated using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surface-based morphometry (SBM), respectively. We compared patients and controls, irradiated (n=13) versus non-irradiated patients, and investigated the age at radiotherapy (peak level: p<.001). RESULTS Lower GM volumes were encountered in multiple brain areas of patients compared to controls, with the largest clusters in the right and left occipital fusiform gyri. Irradiated patients showed lower GM volumes then non-irradiated patients in the superior and middle frontal gyri, the right supramarginal gyrus and precuneus. Age at radiotherapy was associated with GM volume in the inferior frontal gyrus. SBM yielded larger cortical thickness in patients in the left precuneus, inferior temporal and fusiform gyrus. The opposite effect was only marginally significant, in the left temporal lingual gyrus. Age at radiotherapy was not associated with cortical thickness, but radiotherapy was associated with lower thickness of the left pars opercularis. CONCLUSION Widespread differences in cortical volumes and thickness were observed in posterior fossa tumor survivors. Both radiotherapy and age at radiotherapy could be suggested as risk factors for long-term cortical development.
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