Profile and outcome of pediatric brain tumors & #8211; Experience from a tertiary care pediatric oncology unit in South India

Conclusions: Although brain tumors constituted 30% of all our solid tumors, only 56% of them received appropriate treatment and 25% abandoned treatment. High rates of abandonment were a consequence of late diagnosis, complex multidisciplinary treatment involved, high treatment cost, lack of uniformity in management between different oncology centers and poor prognosis of the tumor subtype.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Source Type: research