Treatments for Brain Tumors

June 10, 2008 - 7:30am

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Treatments for Brain Tumors

Brain Tumor

The first option for the treatment and management of ]]>brain tumors]]> involves surgery. This is used both to establish a diagnosis as well as for therapeutic benefit. If surgery is not possible or does not completely remove the tumor, ]]>radiation]]> and ]]>chemotherapy]]> may be used.

Treatment involves the following:

]]>Lifestyle changes]]>
]]>Medications]]>
]]>Chemotherapy]]>
]]>Radiation]]>
]]>Other treatments]]>
]]>Surgery]]>

References:

American Brain Tumor Association website. Available at: http://hope.abta.org/site/PageServer .

Brain Tumor Society website. Available at: http://www.tbts.org/ .

Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation website. Available at: http://www.childhoodbraintumor.org/ .

National Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/ .

National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke website. Available at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ .

Last reviewed February 2009 by ]]> Rimas Lukas, MD]]>

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