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What is the value and potential morbidity of second look surgery in patients with sub-totally resected ependymoma?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Louisville School of Medicine
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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...

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