Table 1.
General statistics | |
198 cases total | 160 cases with follow-up data |
111 male, 87 female | Mean follow-up 7.3 ± 0.4 years |
Mean age 8.2 ± 0.3 years | Median follow-up 6.3 years |
Median age 7.6 years | Follow-up range 21.3 years |
Age range 30 days—18.8 years | 9 dead of disease |
Diagnoses | |
143 pilocytic astrocytomas | 4 grade II diffuse astrocytomas |
27 gangliogliomas | 2 grade II oligodendrogliomas |
7 low-grade gliomas nos | 2 subependymal giant cell astrocytomas |
6 pilomyxoid astrocytomas | 1 dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor |
6 pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas | |
Treatment | |
158 surgery only | 40 with adjuvant therapy |
13 chemotherapy only | |
19 radiation only | |
8 radiochemotherapy |
Abbreviations: nos, not otherwise specified.
A total of 204 low-grade pediatric gliomas made up the cohort, 160 of which had available follow-up information. *Six cases were from NF1 patients and are not included in the rest of these analyses (see Supplementary material, Table S1).