Publications by authors named "Richard Heyward"
Childs Nerv Syst
November 2016
Article Synopsis
- The purpose of the study is to standardize how surgical resection status and imaging reviews are conducted for young children with ependymoma in the upcoming SIOP Ependymoma II trial.
- The research involved independent imaging reviews of 89 patients from a prior trial, assessing factors like residual disease location and the need for additional surgeries.
- The results showed that while 46% of patients actually had further surgery, the review panel would have recommended early second-look surgery for 68%, leading to the development of a 5-point staging system for more consistent evaluation of surgical outcomes.
