Definitive treatment for<unk>  requires gross total surgical resection, and a good prognosis is generally expected when this is achieved. However, indistinct tumor margins and the desire to preserve normal spinal cord tissue, motor and sensory function may preclude complete resection of tumor. According to a series by Lang et al., reviewing several patients with resected spinal cord<unk> , the 5- and 10-year survival rates after total resection were 89% and 83%, respectively. In that study, patients with spinal cord<unk>  had a 3.5-fold higher relative risk of tumor recurrence compared to patients with supratentorial<unk> . It has been recognized that postoperative results correlate closely with preoperative neurological status as well as the ability to achieve complete resection. With the exception of WHO grade III anaplastic<unk> , radiation therapy is generally regarded to have no role in the treatment of<unk> . In fact, radiation therapy may induce malignant transformation of a recurrent<unk>  several years later. Adjuvant chemotherapy is also typically reserved for anaplastic<unk> , but has been used anecdotally in partially resected low grade spinal cord<unk> s which show evidence of disease progression.
Ganglioglioma
Paraganglioma
Neurothekeoma
Subependymoma
Central neurocytoma
Schwannoma
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Ependymoma