What is the value and potential morbidity of second look surgery in patients with sub-totally resected ependymoma?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Since gross resection of ependymoma is associated with improved prognosis, chemotherapy is frequently used to render sub-totally resected ependymoma potentially resected totally during second look surgery (thereby improving prognosis). One of the main reasons that the tumor in the posterior fossa is...