title: [Tumors of the CNS in childhood].
abstract: Brain tumors are the most common group of solid malignancies in childhood. The therapeutic arms available nowadays: surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, have achieved considerable improvement in the survival of some types of CNS tumors, mainly due to the first two. We have carried out a retrospective study of 252 CNS tumors, diagnosed in the GICOP group during the last ten years. The primary location was: supratentorial, 42%; infratentorial, 51%; and both, 7%. Biopsies were performed in 190 cases (75%), resulting in the following histologic types: astrocytoma (38%), medulloblastoma (19%), ependymoma (14%), craniopharyngioma (7%), others (22%). The treatment was individualized according to the patient characteristics: age, location, histologic type and tumor spreading. Surgery was performed in 82% of patients (8% only derivative shunt), radiotherapy in 48% and chemotherapy in 23%. The life survival was 60% at 50 months.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Infantil del Niño Jesús, Sabadell.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turmo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vela
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vernet
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Badía
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cubells
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: González-Rivero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Illa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pardo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Tumores de SNC en la infancia.