paediatrics Brussels 17

Intracranial ependymoma

Prognostic factors / age cut – off : 16 years

supratentorial : 17 pat. , infratentorial : 22 pat. , spinal : 15 pat.

1

actuarial survival 5 years : 72% 10 years : 58%

0.8

>16 years n = 33

0.6

0.4

probability

<= 16 years, n = 21

actuarial survival 5 years : 40% 10 years : 40%

0.2

p=0.03

Stüben et al., 1997

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