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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

Overview

Common complications of gliomatosis cerebri include:^[1]

Prognosis of gliomatosis cerebri is generally poor, and the 5-year survival rate of patients with treatment is approximately 17.7%.^[2]
The median survival time of gliomatosis cerebri is 14 months.^[3]
The prognosis of gliomatosis cerebri depends on the following:
- Whether or not the tumor can be removed by surgery
- Age of the patient
  - Age < 10 year is associated with worse prognosis
- Size of the tumor
- Stage of the cancer
- Whether the cancer has just been diagnosed or has recurred
- Location of tumor
  - Infratentorial tumor was associated with shorter survival.^[3]

↑ Treatment and prognosis of gliomatosis cerebri. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/gliomatosis-cerebri
↑ Inoue T, Kumabe T, Kanamori M, Sonoda Y, Watanabe M, Tominaga T (2010). "Prognostic factors for patients with gliomatosis cerebri: retrospective analysis of 17 consecutive cases". Neurosurg Rev. 34 (2): 197–208. doi:10.1007/s10143-010-0306-1. PMID 21301914.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Herrlinger U, Felsberg J, Küker W, Bornemann A, Plasswilm L, Knobbe CB; et al. (2002). "Gliomatosis cerebri: molecular pathology and clinical course". Ann Neurol. 52 (4): 390–9. doi:10.1002/ana.10297. PMID 12325066.