Cognitive Deficits in Brain Tumor Survivors

Abstract

The results of studies of cognitive deficits in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors are summarized from 31 published reports between 1968-1989 in a review paper from the Division of Child Neurology, The Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia and the Department of Neurology, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Keywords

• cognitive deficits
• neuropsychological testing
• visual/perceptual skills