Table 2.

Five single institution series with prolonged follow-up, documenting rates of recurrence following gross total resection alone.

Local Recurrence After Gross Total Resection Alone
				Local Recurrence Rate
Author	Institution	Year	n	5-year	10-year	15-year
Mirimanoff	MGH	1985	145	7%	20%	32%
Taylor	U of Florida	1988	90	13%*	25%*	33%*
Condra	U of Florida	1997	175	7%	20%	24%
Stafford	Mayo Clinic	1998	465	12%	25%	-
Soyuer	MD Anderson	2004	48	23%	39%	60%*
		Total:	923	7–23%	20–39%	24–60%

n: number of patients

MGH: Massachusetts General Hospital; U of Florida: University of Florida

^*data extracted from graph