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.

Meningeal Tumours

Meningeal Tumours form in the meninges, thin layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord. Types of meningeal Tumours include the following:

Grade I meningioma: Meningiomas are the most common meningeal tumour. Grade I meningiomas are slow-growing and benign. They are found most often in women.

Grade II and III meningiomas and hemangiopericytomas: These are rare malignant meningeal Tumours. They grow quickly and are likely to spread within the brain and spinal cord. Grade III meningiomas are more common in men. Hemangiopericytomas often recur after treatment and most of them spread to other parts of the body.

Treatment of meningiomas may include the following:

1. Surgery with or without radiation therapy.

2. Radiation therapy for Tumours that cannot be removed by surgery.

Treatment of malignant meningioma may include the following:

1. Surgery plus radiation therapy.

2. A clinical trial of external radiation therapy plus hyperthermia therapy or new methods of delivering radiation therapy.

3. A clinical trial of new anticancer drugs and/or biologic therapy following radiation therapy.