my friend jacob is 9 years old and has multiple anaplastic astrocytomas. hhe was diagnosed with them in oct. 2006, has gone thru radiation once and is currently on chemotherapy. what is the percent chance of him living? also- he had brain surgery of some sort but the tumors were wrapped around nerves or something and it was unsuccessful.
Answer:
Anaplastic Astrocytoma accounts for about 10% of all pediatric central nervous system tumors.5year survival for an incomplete romoval will be around 15-20%.If he had a near complete removal of the tumor and Radiation,it could go as high as 40%.Of course these are just statistics and you never know.
Unfortunately it's prognosis is poor.
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