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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]
Overview
Surgery
As a general rule, dorsal exophytic tumors and cervicomedullary tumors tend to do best with surgery, whereas it has no role in the management of diffuse brainstem gliomas.[1][2]
Surgical resection with or without radiation therapy and chemotherapy can be used in the treatment of:
- Newly diagnosed focal brainstem gliomas
- Recurrent focal brainstem gliomas
- Dorsal exophytic brainstem gliomas
- Cervicomedullary brainstem gliomas
References
- ↑ Rx of Brainstem gliomas. Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/brainstem-glioma
- ↑ Rx of brainstem gliomas. National Cancer Institute. http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-glioma-treatment-pdq#section/_45