Craniopharyngioma medical therapy
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Patients with craniopharyngioma have many treatment options. The selection depends on the size, location of the tumor. The options are surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these methods.
Medical Therapy
- The mainstay of therapy for craniopharyngioma is surgery with or without radiation. Although systemic therapy is generally not utilized, it has been shown that the use of subcutaneous pegylated interferon alpha-2b to manage cystic recurrences can result in durable responses.[1]
- The chemotherapy drugs Paclitaxel and Carboplatin have shown a clinical (but not statistical) significance in increasing the survival rate in patients who've had gross total resections of their malignant tumors.
- Intracavitary instillation of radioactive P-32, bleomycin, or interferon-alpha, for those with cystic recurrences.[2]
References
- ↑ Rx of Craniopharyngioma. Cancer gov. http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-cranio-treatment-pdq#link/_40_toc
- ↑ Rx of Craniopharyngioma. Cancer gov. http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-cranio-treatment-pdq#link/_40_toc