Adult occurrence of medulloblastoma
โ Scribed by J. R. Farwell; J. T. Flannery
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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Medulloblastoma is one of the most common primary tumors of the central nervous system seen in children; in contrast, it is somewhat uncommon in adult age. Due to the infrequent occurrence, data on incidence rates are sparse. The present study was aimed at ascertaining the epidemiological characteri
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Histopathologic evaluation of the degree and extent of anaplasia is a useful prognostic parameter in pediatric medulloblastomas. Whether the same applies to adult medulloblastomas is not known. ## METHODS. The study included 74 adult patients with histologically confir