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Treatment Options for Childhood Brain Stem Glioma
Untreated Childhood Brain Stem Glioma
Recurrent Childhood Brain Stem Glioma
Untreated Childhood Brain Stem Glioma
Untreated childhood brain stem
glioma is a tumor for which no treatment has been given. The child may have received drugs or treatment to relieve symptoms caused
by the tumor.
Standard treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma is usually radiation therapy.
Some of the treatments being studied in clinical trials for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma include the
following:
- A clinical trial
of chemotherapy combined with
radiation therapy.
- A clinical trial of a new kind of treatment given during and/or after radiation therapy.
Information about these and other ongoing clinical trials is available from the
NCI Web site
Standard treatment of focal or low-grade glioma may include the
following:
Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the
NCI Web site
Treatment of brain stem glioma in children with neurofibromatosis
type 1 may be watchful waiting. The tumors are slow-growing in these children
and may not need specific treatment for years.
Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with untreated childhood brain stem glioma.
Recurrent Childhood Brain Stem Glioma
Treatment of recurrent childhood brain stem glioma depends
on the type of tumor, whether it
comes back in the place in which it started or in another part of the brain,
and the type of treatment previously given.
Standard treatment of recurrent diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma is usually palliative therapy, to relieve symptoms and improve the patient's quality of life. The patient may also be treated in a clinical trial of a new treatment. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Standard treatment of recurrent focal or low-grade childhood brain stem
glioma may include the following:
Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent childhood brain stem glioma.
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