Medical Reference Related to Brain Cancer

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     ABOUT PDQ PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database. Full description of the NCI PDQ database. ADDITIONAL PDQ SUMMARIES PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Adult Treatment Treatment options for adult cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Pediatric Treatment Treatment options for childhood cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Supportive Care Side effects of cancer treatment,...

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     Sources of further information about Neuroblastoma Screening.

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     ABOUT PDQ PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database. Full description of the NCI PDQ database. ADDITIONAL PDQ SUMMARIES PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Adult Treatment Treatment options for adult cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Pediatric Treatment Treatment options for childhood cancers. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Supportive Care Side effects of cancer treatment,...

104. Treatment Option Overview
     

     There are different types of treatment for children with ependymoma. Different types of treatment are available for children with ependymoma. Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment),and some are being tested in clinical trials. A treatment clinical trial is a research study meant to help improve current treatments or obtain information on new treatments for patients with ...

105. Growth Hormone-Producing Pituitary Tumors
     

     Treatment for patients with acromegaly includes surgical,radiation,and medical therapies.[ 1 ] Treatment will depend on the size and extent of the tumor and the need for rapid cessation of hormone function that results in serious clinical sequelae (i.e.,hypertension and cardiomyopathy). Microadenomectomy or macroadenoma decompression is approached transsphenoidally in most patients. ...

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     This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information on Adult Brain Tumors treatment.

107. Diffuse Astrocytomas
     

     This World Health Organization grade II astrocytic tumor is less often curable than pilocytic astrocytoma. (Refer to the Diffuse astrocytoma section in the classification section of this summary for more information.) STANDARD TREATMENT OPTIONS: Surgery plus radiation therapy; however,some controversy exists. Some physicians treat these patients with surgery alone if the patient is younger ...

108. Recurrent Childhood Ependymoma
     

     Recurrent childhood ependymoma is a tumor that has recurred (come back) after it has been treated. Childhood ependymoma commonly recurs,usually at the original cancer site. The tumor may come back as long as 15 years or more after initial treatment. ...

109. Stages of Childhood Ependymoma
     

     After the childhood ependymoma has been removed,tests are done to find out if there is tumor remaining. The extent or spread of cancer is usually described as stages. For childhood ependymoma,tumors are described by grade and by where they are located in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The grade of the tumor refers to how abnormal the cancer cells look under a microscope ...

110. Evidence of Benefit
     

     Evidence of screening effect derives from descriptive studies of local and national programs in Japan,uncontrolled pilot experiences at a number of sites in Europe and the United States,and population-based studies in Canada and Germany.[ 1,2,3,4,5,6 ] [ 7 ] An increase in survival rates among screen-detected cases would be expected if screening was detecting neuroblastoma at an ...