CRAN-26. COMPARING SURGERY ALONE OR SURGERY PLUS RADIATION THERAPY IN CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA MANAGEMENT

CRAN-26. COMPARING SURGERY ALONE OR SURGERY PLUS RADIATION THERAPY IN CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA MANAGEMENT

Abstract BACKGROUND The management approach for craniopharyngioma has not reach a consensus between neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists for the past decades. We reviewed our experience and assessed the outcome of these 2 approaches. METHOD This is a retrospective review and children with oncolog...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neuro-oncology (Charlottesville, Va.) Va.), 2018-06, Vol.20 (suppl_2), p.i42-i42
Hauptverfasser: Chan, Godfrey Chi-Fung, Ku, Dennis Tak-Noi, Luk, Chun Wing, Ling, Alvin Siu-Cheung, Shing, Matthew Ming-Kong, Liu, Anthony Pak-Yin
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract BACKGROUND The management approach for craniopharyngioma has not reach a consensus between neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists for the past decades. We reviewed our experience and assessed the outcome of these 2 approaches. METHOD This is a retrospective review and children with oncological conditions were admitted to 5 public hospitals. Their data were collected prospectively by 2 full time data managers. Patients’ progress was updated annually and the data were crossed checked by the principle investigators. Survival data was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier Analysis. RESULT From Jan 1994 to Dec 2016 (13-yrs), 21 children (
ISSN:1522-8517
1523-5866
DOI:10.1093/neuonc/noy059.062