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Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview (PDQ®)
Patient VersionHealth Professional VersionEn españolLast Modified: 08/26/2008



Purpose of This PDQ Summary







General Information






Classification of Brain Tumors






Classification of Spinal Cord Tumors






General Approach to Care for Children with Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors






Stage Information






Treatment Option Overview






Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors






Treatment of Recurrent Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors






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Note: Separate PDQ summaries on Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment, Childhood Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors, Treatment, Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma Treatment, Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma Treatment, Childhood Ependymoma Treatment, Childhood Medulloblastoma Treatment, Childhood Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Pineoblastoma Treatment and Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma Treatment are also available.

The National Cancer Institute provides the PDQ pediatric cancer information treatment summaries as a public service to increase the availability of evidence-based cancer information to health professionals, patients, and the public.

Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

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