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Prognostic factors in oligodendrogliomas

Acta Neurochirurgica volume 139, pages 600–605 (1997)Cite this article

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An outcome analysis was performed on 96 patients with pure cerebral oligodendrogliomas operated in the 30-year period 1962 to 1991.

The most important predictive prognostic factors were youth and no neurological deficit, demonstrated as a median survival for the group younger than 20 years of 17.5 years and for the group older than 60 years of 13 months. The group without neurological deficits had a 5-years survival of 43 per cent while the group with deficits had a 5-years survival of 5 per cent.

The 5-years survival for oligodendroglioma of grade II was 46 per cent and for grade III 10 per cent.

We found no effect of radiotherapy on survival, neither in the whole material or in any subgroup.

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Westergaard, L., Gjerris, F. & Klinken, L. Prognostic factors in oligodendrogliomas. Acta neurochir 139, 600–605 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411993

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Keywords

  • Oligodendroglioma
  • prognosis
  • surgery
  • radiotherapy