Treatment Options for Brain Tumours

Talk to your Neurosurgeon or Dr Pope will be more than willing to discuss these with you.

Read more about specific brain Tumour types and their treatment options:

• General Treatment Options For Brain Tumours

• Brain Stem Gliomas

• Pineal Astrocytic Tumour

• Pilocytic Astrocytoma (grade I)

• Diffuse Astrocytoma (grade II)

• Anaplastic Astrocytoma (grade III)

• Glioblastoma (grade IV)

• Oligodendroglial Tumours

• Mixed Gliomas

• Ependymal Tumours

• Medulloblastoma (grade IV)

• Pineal Parenchymal Tumours

• Meningeal Tumours

• Germ Cell Tumour

• Craniopharyngioma (grade II)

• Pituitary Tumours

• Metastatic Brain Tumors

• Recurrent Adult Brain Tumor

Talk to your Neurosurgeon or Dr Pope will be more than willing to discuss these with you.

Ependymal Tumours

Ependymal Tumours usually begin in cells that line the spaces in the brain and around the spinal cord. These spaces contain cerebrospinal fluid, a liquid that cushions and protects the brain and spinal cord. Grades of ependymal Tumours include the following:

• Grade I and grade II ependymomas: These ependymomas grow slowly and have cells that look very much like normal cells. They can often be removed completely by surgery.

• Anaplastic ependymoma (grade III): Anaplastic ependymomas grow very quickly.

Treatment of grade I and grade II ependymomas is usually surgery with or without radiation therapy.

Treatment of anaplastic ependymoma may include the following:

1. Surgery plus radiation therapy.

2. A clinical trial of surgery followed by chemotherapy before, during, and after 
   radiation therapy.

3. A clinical trial of chemotherapy and/or biologic therapy.