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==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>
Seizures are typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

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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.[1]

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Seizures are typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs.

References

  1. Rx of ganglioglioma. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/ganglioglioma


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