Doing more with less: surgical results of pediatric posterior fossa tumors from a single center in Latin America.
Cleiton FormentinLucas de Souza Rodrigues Dos SantosLeo Gordiano MatiasDayvid Leonardo de Castro OliveiraMarcelo Ferreira SabbaAndrei Fernandes JoaquimHelder TedeschiEnrico GhizoniPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2024)
Surgical resection remains the main treatment for pediatric posterior fossa tumors, and higher resection rates are linked to better survival outcomes. Despite limited resources for molecular diagnosis, our institution has demonstrated that a specialized neurooncological center with a high surgical volume can still achieve favorable survival outcomes for these patients.