Newly Diagnosed Childhood Craniopharyngioma
Treatment Options for Recurrent Childhood Craniopharyngioma

A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for this treatment section. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.

Treatment of newly diagnosed childhood craniopharyngioma may include the following:

• Surgery.
• Limited surgery followed by external-beam radiation therapy.
• Stereotaxic radiation therapy.
• Intracavitary radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with childhood craniopharyngioma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Craniopharyngioma may recur (come back) no matter how it was treated the first time. Treatment options for recurrent childhood craniopharyngioma are based mainly on what type of treatment was given before and the needs of the individual child. Treatment options may include:

• Repeat surgery.
• External-beam radiation therapy.
• Intracavitary radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.
• Intracavitary chemotherapy.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with childhood craniopharyngioma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

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