Treatment Options for Brain Tumours

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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.

Recurrent Adult Brain tumour

Recurrent adult brain tumour is a tumour that has recurred (come back) after it has been treated. Adult brain Tumours often recur, sometimes many years after the first tumour. The tumour may come back in the brain or in other parts of the body.

Treatment Options for Recurrent Brain Tumours

Treatment of recurrent adult brain Tumours may include the following:

1. Surgery with or without chemotherapy.

2. Radiation therapy, if not used during previous treatment, with or without chemotherapy.

3. Internal radiation therapy.

4. Chemotherapy.

5. A clinical trial of new anticancer drugs.

6. A clinical trial of chemotherapy placed into the brain during surgery.

7. A clinical trial of biologic therapy.