Ependymoma surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]

Overview

Surgery is the main stay of treatment for myxopapillary ependymoma (WHO grade 1), subependymoma (WHO grade 1), ependymoma (WHO grade I), and anaplastic ependymoma (WHO grade III).

Surgery

Anecdotal experience suggests that surgery alone for completely resected supratentorial nonanaplastic tumors and intradural spinal cord ependymomas may be an appropriate approach to treatment for:^[1]

Newly diagnosed myxopapillary ependymoma (WHO grade 1)
Newly diagnosed subependymoma (WHO grade 1)
Newly diagnosed ependymoma (WHO grade I)
Newly diagnosed anaplastic ependymoma (WHO grade III)

Complete surgical removal is often curative. Some subependymomas are considered incidental findings and observed without intervention.
Extensive surgical resection for anaplastic ependymoma (WHO grade III) in an attempt to maximize tumor resection is related to improved survival rate of patients.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Ependymoma http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-ependymoma-treatment-pdq/#cit/section_7.1 URL Accessed on 10 8 2015
↑ Tennyson VM, Mytilineou C, Heikkila R, Barrett RE, Cohen G, Côté L; et al. (1975). “Dopamine-containing neurons of the substantia nigra and their terminals in the neostriatum”. UCLA Forum Med Sci (18): 227–64. PMID 827-35 Check |pmid= value (help).
↑ Zourlas PA (1975). “Response to exogenous gonadotropins in the unresponsive ovary syndrome”. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 13 (1): 23–8. PMID 258-66 Check |pmid= value (help).

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[Cancergov-1] Ependymoma http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-ependymoma-treatment-pdq/#cit/section_7.1 URL Accessed on 10 8 2015

[pmid827-35-2] Tennyson VM, Mytilineou C, Heikkila R, Barrett RE, Cohen G, Côté L; et al. (1975). “Dopamine-containing neurons of the substantia nigra and their terminals in the neostriatum”. UCLA Forum Med Sci (18): 227–64. PMID 827-35 Check |pmid= value (help).

[pmid258-66-3] Zourlas PA (1975). “Response to exogenous gonadotropins in the unresponsive ovary syndrome”. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 13 (1): 23–8. PMID 258-66 Check |pmid= value (help).

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