Medical, psychological, cognitive and educational late-effects in pediatric low-grade glioma survivors treated with surgery only.

Background: Surgical resection is often the only treatment necessary for pediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) and is thought to define a population with an excellent long-term prognosis. The goal of this study was to describe the multidimensional late-effects of pediatric LGG survivors treated exclusively with surgery.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of "surgery-only" LGG survivors followed at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Care was undertaken.

Psychosocial and behavioral functioning among pediatric brain tumor survivors.

Objective: To describe the psychosocial and behavioral functioning, as described by patient, parent and teacher, of a cohort of adolescents who have been previously treated for a brain tumor.

Methods: A cohort of 32 patients, 12-18 years old, were evaluated between 1 and 5 years post-treatment for brain tumor during the patient's regularly scheduled follow-up clinic appointment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Self-Report questionnaire and the Parent-Report of the Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC) were administered to the patient and to one of the patient's parents, respectively.