fibrillary astrocytoma

Although chemotherapy for fibrillary astrocytoma improve overall survival, it is effective only in about 20% of cases.

Fibrillary astrocytoma.

Diffuse fibrillary astrocytoma.

Three histologic variants include: fibrillary astrocytoma, gemistocytic astrocytoma, and protoplasmic astrocytoma.

Standard radiotherapy for fibrillary astrocytoma requires from ten to thirty sessions, depending on the sub-type of the tumor, and may sometimes be performed after surgical resection to improve outcomes and survival rates.