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Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview (PDQ®)
Patient Version   Health Professional Version   En español   Last Modified: 01/02/2009



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 Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor 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 Craniopharyngioma Treatment, and Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma Treatment are also available.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) 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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