Posterior fossa ependymomas in children and adolescents - the state of the art

• Main Authors: Marcos Devanir Silva da Costa (Author), Carolina Torres Soares (Author), Patricia Alessandra Dastoli (Author), Jardel Mendonça Nicácio (Author), Frederico Adolfo Benevides Silva (Author), Maria Teresa de Seixas Alves (Author), Michael Jenwei Chen (Author), Andrea Maria Cappellano (Author), Nasjla Saba Silva (Author), Sergio Cavalheiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Brazilian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Central nervous system tumors in pediatric patients represent the most frequent solid tumor type in this age group, especially ependymomas, which comprise 5% of childhood intracranial tumors, and occur mainly in the posterior fossa. The MEDLINE and ClinicalTrials databases were searched for studies...