Surgery for Primary Filum Terminale Ependymomas: Outcome and Prognostic Factors.

CONCLUSION: Extent of surgical removal, tumor size, tumor location, and the integrity of tumor capsule are the prognostic factors of PFTEs, and the intrasacral PFTEs always have a poor prognosis. PMID: 24279505 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics - November 27, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Xie TH, Chen XZ, Qian J, Lu YC, Jiang YK, Zhang L, Hu GH, Ding XH, Luo C Tags: CNS Neurosci Ther Source Type: research