[Intracranial ependymomas in adult patients. Prognostic factors, place of surgery and complementary treatment]

J Guyotat; P Metellus

doi:10.1016/j.neuchi.2006.11.008

[Intracranial ependymomas in adult patients. Prognostic factors, place of surgery and complementary treatment]

Neurochirurgie. 2007 Jun;53(2-3 Pt 1):85-94. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2006.11.008.

[Article in French]

Authors

J Guyotat¹, P Metellus

Affiliation

¹ Service de neurochirurgie D, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France. jacques.guyotat@chu-lyon.fr

PMID: 17418281
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2006.11.008

Abstract

Prognostic factors and optimal therapy for adult intracranial ependymoma are still debated. Available data has been generally collected from retrospective and heterogeneous series including pediatric and spinal cases in particular. The goal of this article is to review and discuss the prognostic factors and the various therapeutic strategies suggested in the literature in light of prognostic and decision making features delineated from a multicentric study conducted in France.

Publication types

English Abstract
Multicenter Study
Review

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms / mortality*
Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
Brain Neoplasms / surgery
Complementary Therapies / methods*
Ependymoma / mortality*
Ependymoma / pathology*
Ependymoma / surgery
France / epidemiology
Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / epidemiology
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
Prognosis
Survival Rate