Posterior fossa medulloblastoma in childhood: Treatment results and a proposal for a new staging system
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
- Vol. 19 (2), 265-274
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(90)90533-p
Abstract
Seventy-two children with posterior fossa medulloblastoma were diagnosed at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, from 1977 to 1987 and treated by standard methods. The 5- and 10-year survival and disease-free survival rates were 71% and 63%, and 64% and 63%, respectively. Total tumor resection, as determined by the surgeon was the most significant favorable prognostic factor. Post-operative meningitis, a residual enhancing mass lesion on the post-operative, pre irradiation CT scan and dissemination to the brain or cord at diagnosis were unfavorable factors. These four easily definable factors were used to define a staging system with prognostic significance. Five-year disease-free survival rates were for Stage I (total resection, no adverse factor) 100%, Stage II (total resection with one or more adverse factor or less than total resection with no other adverse factor) 78%, and Stage III (less than total resection with one or more adverse factor) 18%. Evaluation of treatment results in medulloblastoma requires that these prognostic factors be known.Keywords
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