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01.05.2007 | Original Paper
Long-term survival in children under 3 years of age with low-grade astrocytoma
verfasst von:
Roberto Rivera-Luna, Marta Zapata-Tarrés, Aurora Medina-Sansón, Enrique López-Aguilar, Ana Niembro-Zúñiga, J. Amador Zarco, Alfonso Marhx-Bracho, Fernando Rueda-Franco, Leticia Bornstein-Quevedo
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Child's Nervous System
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Ausgabe 5/2007
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Abstract
Objective
The purpose of this study is to analyze clinical aspects and disease-free survival (DFS) in children less than 3 years of age diagnosed with low-grade astrocytoma.
Methods
In a period of 24 years (1980–2004), a total of 43 (5.4%) children were registered with these characteristics. Twenty-three patients had pilocytic astrocytoma, 18 diffused, and 2 mixed. Thirty-one (72.1%) children had incomplete surgical tumor resection and 12 (27.9%) had a complete tumor resection. Twelve (27.9%) patients had cranial radiotherapy and 17 (39.5%) received chemotherapy. Overall survival was recorded in 23 (53%). DFS was 50% at 250 months of follow-up for the whole group. DFS for the supratentorial group was 60% at 250 months, whereas, for the infratentorial, it was 22% at 120 months (p = 0.008).
Conclusion
The only favorable prognostic pattern was the supratentorial presentation. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy did not alter the outcome.