Abstract

PEREZ ORTIZ, Letier; RODRIGUEZ RAMOS, Eglys; FIGUEREDO RODRIGUEZ, Roger  and  BARROSO GARCIA, Esperanza. Astrocitoma anaplásico y glioblastoma multiforme: Factores que influyen en la supervivencia. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2001, vol.40, n.2, pp. 87-91. ISSN 1561-2945.

A retrospective study was conducted in 67 patients with malignant astroglial neoplasia who were operated on at the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute (NNI) between 1983 and 1992. We analyzed the epidemiological, clinical, imaging and of treatment factors influencing on the evolution of these cases. Survival mean time was 17.8 months. Motor defect, psychic sphere disorders, displacement of median line structures, peritumor edema, and the irregularity of the borders of the lesion were the most frequent tomographic and clinical elements. Their presence had a negative relation to survival. Age under 40, initial Karnofsky scale high graduation, and the use of radiotherapy and chemotherapy were related to survival increase. There was no significance among the type of surgical treatment carried out, the histopathological classification of the tumor and the time of survival

Keywords : ASTROCYTOMA [epidemiology]; ASTROCYTOMA [mortality]; ASTROCYTOMA [drug therapy]; GLIOBLASTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE.

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