Near complete surgical resection predicts a favorable outcome in pediatric patients with nonbrainstem, malignant gliomas

Because few reports on outcome in patients with pediatric malignant gliomas during the magnetic resonance imaging era were available, the authors studied the outcomes of children with these tumors at their institution.

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