Cerebellar medulloblastoma: results of multidisciplinary treatment. Report of 120 cases.

The authors report a series of 120 cerebellar medulloblastomas. All patients were operated on between 1953 and 1982. Among them, 88 completed the treatment with radiotherapy, and 32 had additional chemotherapy. The operative mortality was 22.5%. The 5-year survival rate was 30% in the whole series. Recurrences occurred in 35 patients, associated with supratentorial or spinal metastasis in 60% of cases.