Long term outcomes following surgery for pineal region tumors.

Matthew J ShepardAli S HaiderSujit S PrabhuRaymond SawayaFranco DeMonteIan E McCutcheonJeffrey S WeinbergSherise D FergusonDima SukiGregory N FullerFrederick F Lang

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2022)

This is the first modern surgical series providing long term follow-up for patients undergoing surgical resection of pineal region tumors. Obtaining a GTR of these challenging tumors is beneficial with regards to PFS/OS. Higher grade tumors have diminished PFS/OS and are treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
early stage
radiation therapy
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation induced
coronary artery disease
atrial fibrillation
newly diagnosed
surgical site infection