ANALYSIS OF PROGNOSIS OF CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Fouty-four patients with craniopharyngioma were admitted trom Junuary 1982 to February 1993 for post-operative radiotherapy. The 5-year survival was 78.9%. Among these 44 patients, 15 were adults and 29 were children. The children gave a higher 5-year survival rate but poorer quality of life as compared with the adults though without statistical significance in the survivals. Among the children, a dose of 56.1～60.0Gy gave better survival as compared with the 45～56Gy group without significance though causing obviously sequelae, eg amenorrhea and hampered sex development (P