Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of 76 patients with medulloblastoma according to histologic subtypes. Abbreviations: D/N = desmoplastic/nodular; F/U = follow‐up; LC/A = large cell/anaplastic
| Characteristics |
Total (n = 76) |
Classic (n = 47) |
D/N (n = 15) |
LC/A (n = 14) |
P‐value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male : Female | 47:29 | 29:18 | 8:7 | 10:4 | 0.673 |
| Age | |||||
| <5 years | 14 (18%) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0.017 |
| 5–15 years | 47 (62%) | 30 | 8 | 9 | |
| >15 years | 15 (20%) | 12 | 0 | 3 | |
| Recurrence (%) | 22 (28.9) | 12 (25.5) | 5 (33.3) | 5 (35.7) | 0.741 |
| Metastasis (%) | 15 (19.7) | 6 (12.8) | 4 (26.7) | 5 (35.7) | 0.130 |
| Death (%) | 25 (32.9) | 16 (34.0) | 3 (20.0) | 6 (42.9) | 0.520 |
| F/U [months] (Mean ± SD) | 59.1 ± 44.0 | 61.7 ± 44.7 | 63.9 ± 36.5 | 45.3 ± 44.1 | 0.428 |