Table 1.
Published Case Series of Craniopharyngioma Patients Managed Surgically.
| Author(s) | Year | Total Patients | GTR (n) | GTR Recurrence | GTR+RT (n) | GTR+RT Recurrence | STR (n) | STR Recurrence | STR+RT (n) | STR+RT Recurrence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabezudo et al.11 | 1981 | 27 | 13 | 4 (30%) | – | – | 14 | 10 (71%) | – | – |
| Crotty et al.12 | 1995 | 47 | 11a | 2 (18%) | 1a | 0 (0%) | 19a | 14 (74%) | 7a | 1 (14%) |
| Eldevik et al.13 | 1996 | 41 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 18 (85.6%) | 20 | 7 (35%) |
| Duff et al.14 | 2000 | 121 | 66 | 12 (18%) | 3 | 0 (0%) | 30 | 15 (50%) | 22 | 2 (9%) |
| Van Effenterre and Boch15 | 2002 | 122 | 71a | 9 (12.7%) | – | – | 46a | 20 (43.5%) | – | – |
| Stripp et al.16 | 2004 | 75 | 48 | 25 (52.1%) | – | – | 9 | 7 (77.8%) | 18 | 3 (16.7%) |
| Chakrabarti et al.17 | 2005 | 86 | 72 | 5 (6.9%) | – | – | 14 | 6 (43%) | – | – |
| Tomita and Bowman18 | 2005 | 54 | 43 | 18 (41.8%) | – | – | 3 | 3 (100%) | 8 | 3 (37.5%) |
| Balde et al.19 | 2007 | 36 | 31 | 8 (25.8%) | – | – | 4 | 1 (25%) | – | – |
| Kim et al.20 | 2012 | 146 | 53 | 10 (19%) | – | – | 41 | 23 (56%) | 52 | 7 (14%) |
| Lee et al.21 | 2012 | 90 | 61 | 20 (32.8%) | 4 | 0 (0%) | 15 | 11 (73.3%) | 10 | 5 (50%) |
| Lopez-Serna et al.22 | 2012 | 102 | 46 | 5 (10.9%) | – | – | 56 | 23 (41.1%) | – | – |
| Schoenfeld et al.6 | 2012 | 122 | 30 | 8 (24.8%) | 3 | N/R | 41 | 26 (63.8%) | 48 | 13 (26.7%) |
| Koutourousiou et al.23 | 2013 | 64 | 24 | 6 (25%) | – | – | 40 | 16 (40%) | – | – |
| Lee et al.7 | 2015 | 81 | 71 | 7 (9.9%) | – | – | 10 | 3 (30%) | – | – |
| Park et al.24 | 2017 | 116 | 54 | 5 (9.3%) | – | – | 44 | 10 (22.7%) | 18 | 3 (16.7%) |
| Patel et al.25 | 2017 | 16 | 14 | 1 (7.1%) | 1 | N/R | – | – | 1 | 1 (100%) |
| Schelini et al.26 | 2019 | 20 | 14 | 0 (0%) | – | – | 6 | 3 (50%) | – | – |
| Total | 1366 | 722 | 146 (20.2% ± 13.6%) | 12 | 0 (0% ± 0%) | 413 | 209 (50.6% ± 22.1%) | 204 | 45 (22.1% ± 26.2%) |
Abbreviations: GTR, gross total resection; RT, radiation therapy; STR, sub-total resection.
aNumbers reflect patients with follow-up.