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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgery is the main stay of treatment for myxopapillary ependymoma (WHO grade 1), subependymoma (WHO grade 1), ependymoma (WHO grade I), and anaplastic ependymoma (WHO grade III).
Surgery
- Anecdotal experience suggests that surgery alone for completely resected supratentorial nonanaplastic tumors and intradural spinal cord ependymomas may be an appropriate approach to treatment for:[1]
- Newly diagnosed myxopapillary ependymoma (WHO grade 1)
- Newly diagnosed subependymoma (WHO grade 1)
- Newly diagnosed ependymoma (WHO grade I)
- Newly diagnosed anaplastic ependymoma (WHO grade III)
- Complete surgical removal is often curative. Some subependymomas are considered incidental findings and observed without intervention.
- Extensive surgical resection for anaplastic ependymoma (WHO grade III) in an attempt to maximize tumor resection is related to improved survival rate of patients.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Ependymoma http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-ependymoma-treatment-pdq/#cit/section_7.1 URL Accessed on 10 8 2015
- ↑ Tennyson VM, Mytilineou C, Heikkila R, Barrett RE, Cohen G, Côté L; et al. (1975). "Dopamine-containing neurons of the substantia nigra and their terminals in the neostriatum". UCLA Forum Med Sci (18): 227–64. PMID 827-35 Check
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