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- Title
Long-term survival in children under 3 years of age with low-grade astrocytoma.
- Authors
Roberto Rivera-Luna; Marta Zapata-Tarrés; Aurora Medina-Sansón; Enrique López-Aguilar; Ana Niembro-Zúñiga; J. Amador Zarco; Alfonso Marhx-Bracho; Fernando Rueda-Franco; Leticia Bornstein-Quevedo
- Abstract
Abstract Objective The purpose of this study is to analyze clinical aspects and disease-free survival (DFS) in children less than 3 years of age diagnosed with low-grade astrocytoma. Methods In a period of 24 years (1980–2004), a total of 43 (5.4%) children were registered with these characteristics. Twenty-three patients had pilocytic astrocytoma, 18 diffused, and 2 mixed. Thirty-one (72.1%) children had incomplete surgical tumor resection and 12 (27.9%) had a complete tumor resection. Twelve (27.9%) patients had cranial radiotherapy and 17 (39.5%) received chemotherapy. Overall survival was recorded in 23 (53%). DFS was 50% at 250 months of follow-up for the whole group. DFS for the supratentorial group was 60% at 250 months, whereas, for the infratentorial, it was 22% at 120 months (p = 0.008). Conclusion The only favorable prognostic pattern was the supratentorial presentation. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy did not alter the outcome.
- Publication
Child's Nervous System, 2007, Vol 23, Issue 5, p543
- ISSN
0256-7040
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00381-006-0287-0