Document Type
Article
Department
Neurosurgery
Abstract
Intracranial ependymoma are relatively common paediatric brain tumours, but their eloquent location and high recurrence rate pose a significant challenge. Gross total resection or maximum safe resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy are currently the standard recommended treatment, although there is still nearly 50% recurrence risk at 5 years. Chemotherapy has shown some promising results after recent advances in molecular understanding of ependymomas, but needs further evaluation before it could be added to the treatment regime.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Jafri, S. K.,
Bakhshi, S. K.,
Shamim, M.
(2021). Management of paediatric intracranial ependymoma. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 71(4), 1288-1289.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_surg_neurosurg/327