Pineocytomas are slow growing and carry variable prognoses for cure. Pineoblastomas are more rapidly growing and have a worse prognosis. Depending on the degree of anaplasia, pineal astrocytomas vary in prognosis.
Higher grades have a worse prognosis.
Surgery plus radiation therapy for pineocytoma and lower grades of astrocytoma. Surgery plus radiation therapy and chemotherapy for pineoblastoma and higher grades of astrocytoma. Therapeutic modalities for pineal region tumors. Rich TA, Cassady JR, Strand RD, et al. Radiation therapy for pineal and suprasellar germ cell tumors.