CRAN-26. COMPARING SURGERY ALONE OR SURGERY PLUS RADIATION THERAPY IN CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA MANAGEMENT

Autor:	Godfrey Chi-Fung Chan, Anthony P. Y. Liu, Chun Wing Luk, Dennis Tak-Noi Ku, Matthew M. K. Shing, Alvin Siu-Cheung Ling
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease Craniopharyngioma Surgery Recurrence risk Radiation therapy Abstracts Oncology medicine Neurology (clinical) business Benign neoplasms
Popis:	BACKGROUND: The management approach for craniopharyngioma has not reach a consensus between neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists for the past decades. We reviewed our experience and assessed the outcome of these 2 approaches. METHOD: This is a retrospective review and children with oncological conditions were admitted to 5 public hospitals. Their data were collected prospectively by 2 full time data managers. Patients’ progress was updated annually and the data were crossed checked by the principle investigators. Survival data was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier Analysis. RESULT: From Jan 1994 to Dec 2016 (13-yrs), 21 children (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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