Clinical features and outcomes of pediatric intracranial gliomas: results from single center's 226 cases and corroborated with SEER database.

Zirong ChenZhongyin GuoJunhong WangDan CaoYu XuFangyong DongFeng Wan

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2023)

In this study, we found that tumor size was a significant prognostic factor for the OS of PLGG patients in our series. Besides the tumor size, the extent of resection also independently impacted the prognosis of PLGG patients. While in PHGG patients, only chemotherapy was associated with improved OS and tumor size was marginally prognostic.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
squamous cell carcinoma
emergency department
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
young adults
skeletal muscle
weight loss
glycemic control