[Intracranial ependymomas in adult patients. Prognostic factors, place of surgery and complementary treatment].
Prognostic factors and optimal therapy for adult intracranial ependymoma are still debated. Available data has been generally collected from retrospective and heterogeneous series including pediatric and spinal cases in particular. The goal of this article is to review and discuss the prognostic factors and the various therapeutic strategies suggested in the literature in light of prognostic and decision making features delineated from a multicentric study conducted in France.
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Service de neurochirurgie D, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France. jacques.guyotat@chu-lyon.fr
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate