Treatment Options for Childhood Ependymoma
Newly Diagnosed Childhood Ependymoma
Recurrent Childhood Ependymoma
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.
Newly Diagnosed Childhood Ependymoma
Newly diagnosed childhood ependymoma is a tumor that has not been treated. The patient may
have received drugs or treatment, however, to relieve symptoms caused by the tumor.
Initial treatment for newly diagnosed childhood ependymoma is
usually surgery, with or without
additional treatment.
After surgery, treatment depends on the age of the child, the
amount of tumor that was removed, and whether cancer cells have spread to other parts of the central nervous system.
When the tumor is completely removed by surgery and cancer cells
have not spread within the central nervous system, treatment may include the
following:
When a part of the tumor remains after surgery, but cancer cells
have not spread within the central nervous system, treatment may include the
following:
When cancer cells have spread within the central nervous system,
treatment may include the following:
- Radiation therapy to the whole brain and spine.
- A clinical trial of radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with newly diagnosed childhood ependymoma. 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.
Recurrent Childhood Ependymoma
Standard treatment of recurrent childhood ependymomas may include
the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent childhood ependymoma. 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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