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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Radiotherapy]] or [[chemotherapy]] is not the first-line treatment option for patients with gangliogliomas. [[Radiation therapy]] is usually reserved for patients when either incomplete [[resection]] is achievable or tumor recurrence occurs.<ref name=dd>Rx of ganglioglioma. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/ganglioglioma</ref>


==Medical therapy==
==Medical therapy==
[[Radiotherapy]] or [[chemotherapy]] is not the first-line treatment option for patients with gangliogliomas. [[Radiation therapy]] is usually reserved for patients when either incomplete [[resection]] is achievable or tumor recurrence occurs.<ref name=dd>Rx of ganglioglioma. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/ganglioglioma</ref>
There is no treatment for ganglioglioma; the mainstay of therapy is surgical resection.Seizures due to ganglioglioma are typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs.


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