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First Steps After Diagnosis of Cancer
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Adult
Brain Tumor Treatment Information
for Physicians
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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
doctor, or call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER
(1-800-422-6237).
ADULT MEDULLOBLASTOMA
Treatment options:
Standard:
- Surgery plus craniospinal irradiation for good-risk patients.[1,2]
Under clinical evaluation:
- For poor-risk patients, in addition to surgery plus craniospinal
irradiation, various chemotherapy programs are being evaluated.[3]
For
further information on the treatment of medulloblastoma, refer to the
PDQ summary on childhood medulloblastoma.
References:
- Levin VA, Vestnys PS, Edwards MS, et al.: Improvement
in survival produced by sequential therapies in the treatment of
recurrent medulloblastoma. Cancer 51(8): 1364-1370, 1983.
Carrie C, Lasset C, Alapetite C, et al.:
Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors in adult patients with
medulloblastoma: retrospective study of 156 patients. Cancer 74(8):
2352-2360, 1994.
Allen JC, Bloom J, Ertel I, et al.: Brain tumors
in children: current cooperative and institutional chemotherapy trials
in newly diagnosed and recurrent disease. Seminars in Oncology 13(1):
110-122, 1986.
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