Long-term outcomes of surgical resection with or without adjuvant radiation therapy for treatment of spinal ependymoma: A retrospective multicenter study by the Korea Spinal Oncology Research Group

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 921-929

  Lee, Sun Ho ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^b   Kim, Chi Heon ^b   Yoon, Sang Hoon ^c   Hyun, Seung Jae ^c   Kim, Ki Jeong ^c   Kim, Eun Sang ^a   Eoh, Whan ^a   Kim, Hyun Jib ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

myxopapillary ependymoma; radiation; spinal ependymoma; survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KOREA; KYPHOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL EPENDYMOMA; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL WOUND; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WEAKNESS;

MYXOPAPILLARY EPENDYMOMA; RADIATION; SPINAL EPENDYMOMA; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879380825     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not038     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Kucia EJ, Bambakidis NC, Chang SW, et al. Surgical technique and outcomes in the treatment of spinal cord ependymomas, part 1: intramedullary ependymomas. Neurosurgery. 2011; 68(1 Suppl Operative): 57-63.
2. Gavin Quigley D, Farooqi N, Pigott TJD, et al. Outcome predictors in the management of spinal cord ependymoma. Eur Spine J. 2007; 16(3): 399-404. (Pubitemid 46440178)
3. Bostrom A, von Lehe M, Hartmann W, et al. Surgery for spinal cord ependymomas: outcome and prognostic factors. Neurosurgery. 2011; 68(2): 302-308.
4. Schwartz TH, McCormick PC. Intramedullary ependymomas: clinical presentation, surgical treatment strategies and prognosis. J Neurooncol. 2000; 47(3): 211-218.
5. Sun J, Wang Z, Li Z, Liu B. Microsurgical treatment and functional outcomes of multi-segment intramedullary spinal cord tumors. J Clin Neurosci. 2009; 16(5): 666-671.
6. Chang UK, Choe WJ, Chung SK, et al. Surgical outcome and prognostic factors of spinal intramedullary ependymomas in adults. J Neurooncol. 2002; 57: 133-139. (Pubitemid 34692621)
7. Wahab SH, Simpson JR, Michalski JM, et al. Long term outcome with post-operative radiation therapy for spinal canal ependymoma. J Neurosurg. 2007; 83: 85-89. (Pubitemid 46647169)
8. Lin YH, Huang CI, Wong TT, et al. Treatment of spinal cord ependymomas by surgery with or without postoperative radiotherapy. J Neurooncol. 2005; 71: 205-210.
9. Lee TT, Gromelski EB, Green BA. Surgical treatment of spinal ependymoma and post-operative radiotherapy. J Neurosurg. 1998; 4: 309-313. (Pubitemid 28256537)
10. Milano MT, Johnson MD, Sul J, et al. Primary spinal cord glioma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database study. J Neurooncol. 2010; 98: 83-92.
11. McCormick PC, Torres R, Post KD, et al. Intramedullary ependymoma of the spinal cord. J Neurosurg. 1990; 72(4): 523-532. (Pubitemid 20113676)
12. Halvorsen CM, Kolstad F, Hald J, et al. Long-term outcome after resection of intraspinal ependymomas: report of 86 consecutive cases. Neurosurgery. 2010; 67(6): 1622-1631.
13. Bagley CA, Wilson S, Kothbauer KF, et al. Long term outcomes following surgical resection of myxopapillary ependymomas. Neurosurg Rev. 2009; 32(3): 321-334.
14. Gomez DR, Missett BT, Wara WM, et al. High failure rate in spinal ependymomas with long-term follow-up. Neuro Oncol. 2005; 7: 254-259. (Pubitemid 41079135)
15. Nagasawa DT, Smith ZA, Cremer N, et al. Complications associated with the treatment for spinal ependymomas. Neurosurg Focus. 2011; 31(4): E13.
16. Nakamura M, Ishii K, Watanabe K, et al. Surgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord tumors: prognosis and complications. Spinal Cord. 2008; 46(4): 282-286. (Pubitemid 351498866)
17. Aghakhani N, David P, Lacroix C. Intramedullary spinal ependymomas: analysis with particular attention to patients with no preoperative neurological deficit. Neurosurgery. 2008; 62(6): 1279-1285.
18. Akyurek S, Chang EL, Yu T-K, et al. Spinal myxopapillary ependymoma outcomes in patients treated with surgery and radiotherapy at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. J Neurooncol. 2006; 80(2): 177-183. (Pubitemid 44614800)
19. Hanbali F, Fourney DR, Marmor E, et al. Spinal cord ependymoma: radical surgical resection and outcome. Neurosurgery. 2002; 51(5): 1162-1174. (Pubitemid 36322702)
20. Harrop JS, Ganju A, Groff M, Bilsky M. Primary intramedullary tumors of the spinal cord. Spine. 2009; 34(22 Suppl): S69-S77.