Table 3.

Five-year cumulative survival for all CNS germ cell tumors and germinomas by radiation therapy status, chemotherapy status, and surgery status; data from the National Cancer Data Base (1990–2003) and the Brain Tumor Registry of Japan (1984–2000)

	National Cancer DataBase (NCDB)					Brain Tumor Registry of Japan (BTRJ)
	1-y	2-y	3-y	4-y	5-y	1-y	2-y	3-y	4-y	5-y
All GCTs
Radiation therapy status
Yes	95.2	90.6	88.3	85.8	84.4	93.0	88.2	86.5	85.3	83.9
No	89.9	86.0	83.5	81.0	79.3	84.4	80.7	78.7	77.8	75.3
Chemotherapy status
Yes	93.5	87.3	84.6	82.0	80.5	88.0	81.0	78.7	77.3	75.2
No	93.1	90.2	87.7	86.3	85.3	94.9	92.6	91.3	90.4	89.5
Surgery status
Total	87.0	83.2	82.4	78.4	77.6	90.0	87.3	85.9	83.6	82.0
Partial	94.4	90.5	87.6	84.5	83.0	91.0	86.0	83.8	82.8	81.0
None	93.7	88.9	85.9	85.0	84.0	93.9	90.0	88.9	88.0	86.7
Germinoma only
Radiation therapy status
Yes	97.0	94.3	92.2	89.7	88.4	96.9	93.9	93.1	91.9	91.0
No	93.4	91.4	90.0	87.1	85.6	87.7	85.8	84.8	83.7	81.2
Chemotherapy status
Yes	96.2	93.0	90.8	88.1	86.7	96.2	91.8	90.6	88.7	87.0
No	95.1	93.1	91.0	89.7	88.8	95.7	94.0	93.5	92.9	92.5
Surgery status
Total	91.8	90.8	90.8	85.1	83.9	93.3	93.3	93.3	90.5	90.5
Partial	96.5	94.8	92.1	89.2	88.6	96.1	93.3	92.1	91.1	90.0
None	95.9	92.7	90.2	89.1	88.0	96.2	93.1	92.8	91.6	90.4