The treatment of ependymoma of the brain or spinal canal by radiotherapy: a report of 79 cases.
dc.contributor.author | Read, G R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-08T16:41:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-08T16:41:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1984-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The treatment of ependymoma of the brain or spinal canal by radiotherapy: a report of 79 cases. 1984, 35 (2):163-6 Clin Radiol | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-9260 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 6697658 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S0009-9260(84)80027-6 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10541/123977 | |
dc.description.abstract | Seventy-nine patients (54 adults, 25 children) with ependymomas of the brain or spinal canal were treated by radiotherapy between 1956 and 1980. The survival was 50% at 5 years and 40% at 15 years and was significantly better in adults than in children. Survival did not depend upon the extent of surgical removal, site of tumour or histological grade. Cranio-spinal radiation may improve survival in children. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Brain Cancer | en |
dc.subject | Spinal Cord Cancer | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | |
dc.subject.mesh | Brain Neoplasms | |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | |
dc.subject.mesh | Child, Preschool | |
dc.subject.mesh | Combined Modality Therapy | |
dc.subject.mesh | Ependymoma | |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Infant | |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | |
dc.subject.mesh | Spinal Cord Neoplasms | |
dc.title | The treatment of ependymoma of the brain or spinal canal by radiotherapy: a report of 79 cases. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1365-229X | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Radiotherapy, The Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Withington, Manchester | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Clinical Radiology | en |
html.description.abstract | Seventy-nine patients (54 adults, 25 children) with ependymomas of the brain or spinal canal were treated by radiotherapy between 1956 and 1980. The survival was 50% at 5 years and 40% at 15 years and was significantly better in adults than in children. Survival did not depend upon the extent of surgical removal, site of tumour or histological grade. Cranio-spinal radiation may improve survival in children. |