[Treatment of medulloblastomas in children].
Fifty-two children were treated surgically in the years 1980-1987. Their mean age was 5.3 years, range 10 months-13 years. In 58% partial removal of the tumour was done, in 4% only biopsy was performed. Shunt treatment was necessary in 40% cases. The analysis showed that in the cases treated in the years 1980-1984 1-year survival was 75%, 3-year survival was 39%, 5-year survival was 25%. Statistical analysis demonstrated that in the cases treated in the years 1985-1987 the 1-year survival was 95%, 3-year survival was 60%, and 5-year survival was 51%.
Oddziału Neurochirurgii Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Warszawie.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011044:Poland
Leczenie rdzeniaków u dzieci.