Malignant Pineal Parenchymal Tumors in Adults: A National Cancer Database Analysis.

Eric J ChalifRichard D MurrayKhashayar MozaffariYeshwant R ChillakuruTimothy ShimAshkan MonfaredJonathan H Sherman

Published in: Neurosurgery (2022)

Although radiotherapy and surgery were found to increase survival in all patients with PPT, there was no demonstrable survival benefit of adjuvant radiation in surgically treated patients with grade II PPTID. This suggests that adjuvant radiotherapy may not add significant survival benefit in many adult patients with grade II PPTID.

Keyphrases

early stage
free survival
radiation induced
radiation therapy
locally advanced
minimally invasive
emergency department
coronary artery bypass
coronary artery disease
rectal cancer
percutaneous coronary intervention
newly diagnosed