Open AccessProfile and outcome of pediatric brain tumors – Experience from a tertiary care pediatric oncology unit in South India
Author(s) -
Supriya Suresh,
Arathi Srinivasan,
Julius Xavier Scott,
Santosh Mohan Rao,
Chidambaram Balasubramaniam,
Sanjay Chandrasekar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_31_17
Subject(s) - medicine , medulloblastoma , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , context (archaeology) , radiation therapy , neurosurgery , surgical oncology , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) constitute the second most common pediatric cancers. Unlike leukemia, management of CNS tumors requires a good multidisciplinary team. Higher rates of treatment abandonment are documented in view of complexity of the treatment with long duration, involving neurosurgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and high cost of treatment. Morbidity associated with CNS tumors may be significant in terms of physical deficits as well as neuropsychological and neuroendocrine sequelae. Pediatric neurooncology is still at a very nascent stage in the developing countries. There are only a few reports on the multidisciplinary approach and outcomes of pediatric brain tumors in developing countries.