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First Steps After Diagnosis of Cancer
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Adult
Brain Tumor Treatment Information
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Important: This
information is intended mainly for use by doctors and other health care
professionals. If you have questions about this topic, you can ask your
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(1-800-422-6237).
ADULT NONINFILTRATING ASTROCYTOMA
Juvenile pilocytic and subependymal astrocytomas [1]
Noninfiltrating astrocytic tumors are often curable.
Treatment options:
Standard:
- 1. Surgery alone if totally resectable.
2. Surgery followed by radiation therapy to known or suspected
residual tumor.[2]
Under clinical evaluation:
- At recurrence following surgery, patients should be considered for
reoperation and radiation therapy if not previously given. Patients who
have
received radiation therapy should be considered candidates for
nitrosourea-based chemotherapies and for clinical trials that evaluate
new
drugs and biological response modifiers.
References:
- Wallner KE, Gonzales MF, Edwards MS, et al.: Treatment
results of juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma. Journal of Neurosurgery
69(2): 171-176, 1988.
Shaw EG, Daumas-Duport C, Scheithauer BW, et al.:
Radiation therapy in the management of low-grade supratentorial
astrocytomas. Journal of Neurosurgery 70(6): 853-861, 1989.
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