title: Medulloblastoma variants and survival at a children's hospital.
abstract: Our 25 year experience with 35 medulloblastomas included classic (NOS) 22 (63%), anaplastic (ANA) 5(14%), desmoplastic (DES) 4(11%), excessive nodularity (EN) 3(9%), and large cell (LC) 1(3%). Overall 5, 10, and 15 year survivals were .6631, .5851, and .5051. Those under 3 years at diagnosis had an overall 2 year survival of .4379. Two survived 17(NOS) and 19 (EN) years. In the 26 children 3 years or older, late deaths occurred at 8, 8, and 14 years (5, 10, 15 year survivals .7375, .6392, .5114). Because late deaths occur; continued follow-up of these children is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA. rcrave@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Craver
authors.forename: Dane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sandquist
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nadell
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012042:Registries; D015996:Survival Rate