Open AccessTreatment, prognostic factors, and outcomes in spinal cord astrocytomas
Author(s) -
Mohamad Fakhreddine,
Anita Mahajan,
Marta PenasPrado,
Jeffrey S. Weinberg,
Ian E. McCutcheon,
Vinay K. Puduvalli,
Paul D. Brown
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
neuro-oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.005
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1523-5866
pISSN - 1522-8517
DOI - 10.1093/neuonc/nos309
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , multivariate analysis , astrocytoma , hazard ratio , chemotherapy , oncology , pilocytic astrocytoma , glioma , confidence interval , cancer research
Spinal astrocytomas are rare intramedullary CNS tumors for which there is limited consensus on treatment; the importance of the extent of resection (EOR), postoperative radiotherapy, and chemotherapy remains poorly understood. We report on outcomes associated with surgery, postoperative radiotherapy, and chemotherapy in a series of patients treated at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) with the aim of elucidating the role of these treatments in spinal astrocytomas.
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