| Ependymomas | Pilocytic astrocytomas |
---|---|---|
Patients | 88 | 80 |
 Male | 48 | 42 |
 Female | 40 | 38 |
Age (years) | ||
 Median (Mean ± SD) | 37 (35 ± 21) | 9 (14 ± 14) |
 Minimum | 1 | 0 |
 Maximum | 73 | 58 |
Follow-up for primary tumor patients | ||
 Survivors in the end of the follow-up | 60 | 69 |
 Follow-up time for survivors (m) (median (mean ± SD)) | 125 (135 ± 82) | 70 (111 ± 89) |
 5-year residive-free survival (%) | 71 | 82 |
 5-year survival (%) | 82 | 93 |
Tumors | 108 | 80 |
 Primary | 74 | 73 |
 Second | 14 | 5 |
 Third | 14 | 1 |
 Fourth-sixth | 6 | 1 |
Histological grade | ||
 I | 18 | 80 |
 II | 68 | 0 |
 III | 22 | 0 |
Topography | ||
 Supratentorial | 35 | 3 |
 Infratentorial | 28 | 69 |
 Spinal | 43 | 2 |
 Cranial nerve | 0 | 6 |