Pattern of relapse
Author
Pat.
Survival after 5
years
Local relapses
Goldwein et al.
1990
51
46%
29/30
Grabenbauer et
al.,1991
31
54%
8/13
Timmermann
et
al.,2000
55
76%
(3 years)
20/25
Guyotat et al.,
2002
34
62%
16/17
Massimino et al.,
2004
63
75%
15/23
Merchant et al
2008
153
81 %
(7 Jahre)
21/36
Intracranial ependymoma
Primarily local relapses!