paediatrics Brussels 17

Intracranial ependymoma

Impact of postop. RT on outcome (54 Gy) Actuarial local control rates

1

GTR / RT : n = 13 PFS 10 years : 100%

0.8

GTR alone : n = 19 PFS 10 years : 50.0%

0.6

0.4

Probability

GTR alone versus GTR + RT : GTR + RT versus STR + RT :

STR / RT : n = 12 PFS 10 years : 36.0%

p = 0.018

0.2

p= 0.003

Rogers et al., 2005

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72

96

120

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