. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Childs Nerv Syst. 2009 Feb 11;25(10):1275–1282. doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0809-7

Table 2.

Results of Prospective Clinical Trials in Older Children with Ependymoma

Trial	N	5 Year Event Free Survival (unless otherwise specified)	5 Year Overall Survival (unless otherwise specified)	References

CCG 942	36	36 (10)	39 (10)	6

Hospital for Sick Children	35		45	33
GTR	9		87
STR	26		30

CHOP	45	36		5

MD Anderson	25	47		34
GTR	5	61
STR	20	37

CCG 9942	84		75	30
<5 yr	23	58(3)
5–9 yr	34	56(3)
≥10 yr	27	72(3)

CHOP	49	40.7	66.20
GTR	30
M0 & RT > 54Gy		60.6	83.1	32
STR/biopsy	18
Unknown	1