PMID: 3624024Oct 1, 1987Paper

Postoperative radiotherapy of intracranial ependymoma in pediatric and adult patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
E G ShawJ D Earle

Abstract

In 33 patients undergoing operation and postoperative irradiation for intracranial ependymomas between January 1963 and December 1983, the tumor was grade 1 or 2 in 26 (79%) patients and grade 3 or 4 in 7 (21%). Operation consisted of only biopsy in 1 (3%), subtotal removal of tumor in 28 (85%), and gross total resection in 4 (12%). All patients received brain irradiation with a median dose of 4800 cGy. Seventeen (52%) patients also received spinal axis irradiation (median dose, 3000 cGy) which included 5 with high-grade tumors and 12 with low-grade infratentorial tumors. The relapse-free and overall survival rates at 5 years were 61% and 62%, respectively. Prognostic factors analyzed for statistically significant survival differences included age, sex, hydrocephalus, site, grade, extent of operation, extent of brain field, spinal axis irradiation, and brain dose. Grade was the only significant factor found: the 5-year survival of patients with low-grade ependymomas, 71%, was significantly better (p less than 0.04) than that of patients with high-grade ependymomas, 29%. Among the 31 patients evaluable for patterns of failure, treatment failed in 12 (39%) (10 only in the brain, 1 in the brain and spinal cord, and 1 only in the s...Continue Reading

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