Prognostic Factors for Cerebellar Astrocytomas in Children: A Study of 102 Cases

Abstract

Our study has shown that the location of the tumor (p < 0.05), histological grade (p < 0.001) and the extent of tumor resection (p < 0.001) have a significant and definitive relationship to the length of survival of pediatric patients with cerebellar astrocytomas. The patient's age (p > 0.05) does not influence the outcome. We could not evaluate the effect of brain stem involvement and adjuvant radiotherapy in our study because of the small sample size.