Impact of surgery, adjuvant treatment, and other prognostic factors in the management of anaplastic ganglioglioma.
Supriya MallickRony BensonWineeta MelgandiPrashanth GiridharG K RathPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2018)
AGG is associated with a dismal. Pediatric age and a gross total resection of tumor confer a better progression-free survival and OS. Hence, surgery should remain the cornerstone of therapy. However, because of modest survival, there is enough opportunity to improve survival with addition of adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy. A whole genome sequencing and molecular characterization would help to derive the best treatment option.