A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.

Childhood Astrocytoma

Childhood astrocytomas include both low-grade and high-grade astrocytomas. See the PDQ summaries on Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma Treatment, Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma Treatment, and Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma Treatment.

Childhood Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor

See the PDQ summary on Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Treatment for information.

Childhood Brain Stem Glioma

See the PDQ summary on Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment for information.

Childhood Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors

Childhood central nervous system (CNS) embryonal tumors include CNS atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (see the PDQ summary on Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Treatment for more information), ependymoblastoma, medulloblastoma, medulloepithelioma, pineal parenchymal tumors, pineoblastoma, and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors.(See the PDQ summary on Childhood Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors Treatment for more information.)

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with childhood embryonal tumor. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Childhood Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors

Treatment of childhood CNS germ cell tumors may include:

• Radiation therapy, usually to the whole brain and spine.
• Chemotherapy.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with childhood central nervous system germ cell tumor. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Childhood Craniopharyngioma

(See the PDQ summary on Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment for information.)

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with childhood craniopharyngioma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Childhood Ependymoma

See the PDQ summary on Childhood Ependymoma Treatment for information.

Childhood Medulloblastoma

See the PDQ summary on Childhood Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors Treatment for information.

Childhood Spinal Cord Tumors

Treatment of childhood spinal cord tumors may include the following:

• Surgery with or without radiation therapy.
• Chemotherapy. (In very young children, chemotherapy is used only for low-grade tumors.)