Open AccessEvaluating pediatric spinal low-grade gliomas: a 30-year retrospective analysis
Author(s) -
Steven S. Carey,
Zsila Sadighi,
Shengjie Wu,
Jason Chiang,
Giles Robinson,
Yahya Ghazwani,
Anthony Pak-Yin Liu,
Sahaja Acharya,
Thomas E. Merchant,
Frederick A. Boop,
Amar Gajjar,
Ibrahim Qaddoumi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of neuro-oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.256
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1573-7373
pISSN - 0167-594X
DOI - 10.1007/s11060-019-03319-4
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , surgery , retrospective cohort study , chemotherapy , radiation therapy , malignancy , radiology
Most pediatric spinal tumors are low-grade gliomas (LGGs). Characterization of these tumors has been difficult given their heterogeneity and rare incidence. The objective was to characterize such tumors diagnosed at our institution.