Clinical course and progression-free survival of adult intracranial and spinal ependymoma patients
Vera-Bolanos E, Aldape K, Yuan Y, Wu J, Wani K, Necesito-Reyes MJ, Colman H, Dhall G, Lieberman FS, Metellus P, Mikkelsen T, Omuro A, Partap S, Prados M, Robins HI, Soffietti R, Wu J, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS. Clinical course and progression-free survival of adult intracranial and spinal ependymoma patients. Neuro-Oncology 2014, 17: 440-447. PMID: 25121770, PMCID: PMC4483095, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalClinical courseEpendymoma patientsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelMultivariate Cox proportional hazardsCox proportional hazards modelRare CNS tumorsTime of diagnosisPrognostic clinical factorsCox proportional hazardsProportional hazards modelSubtotal resectionClinical factorsMedian timeCNS tumorsCentral reviewGrade IIIMean ageTumor recurrenceEarly progressionTumor locationGrade IITumor gradeUnivariate analysisSupratentorial location