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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Medical Therapy

If the cancer is high-grade, treatment may include the following for all the 4 stages of tumor:

• Radiation therapy may be given after surgery.
• Fast neutron radiation therapy.
• Radiation therapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
• A clinical trial of radiation therapy and/or radiosensitizers.
• A clinical trial of chemotherapy.

For stages I, II and III surgery is the main stay of treatment.