Treatment Options by Type of Adult Brain Tumor
Astrocytic Tumors
Brain Stem Gliomas
Pineal Astrocytic Tumors
Pilocytic Astrocytomas
Diffuse Astrocytomas
Anaplastic Astrocytomas
Glioblastoma
Oligodendroglial Tumors
Mixed Gliomas
Ependymal Tumors
Embryonal Cell Tumors: Medulloblastoma
Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
Meningeal Tumors
Germ Cell Tumors
Tumors of the Sellar Region: Craniopharyngioma
Recurrent Brain Tumors
Metastatic Brain Tumors
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.
Astrocytic Tumors
Brain Stem Gliomas
Treatment of brain stem gliomas is radiation therapy, including hyperfractionated radiation therapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult brain stem glioma. 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.
Pineal Astrocytic Tumors
Treatment of pineal astrocytic tumors may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult pineal gland astrocytoma. 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.
Pilocytic Astrocytomas
Treatment of pilocytic astrocytoma is usually surgery with or without radiation therapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult pilocytic astrocytoma. 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.
Diffuse Astrocytomas
Treatment of diffuse astrocytoma may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult diffuse astrocytoma. 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.
Anaplastic Astrocytomas
Treatment of anaplastic astrocytoma may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult anaplastic astrocytoma. 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.
Glioblastoma
Treatment of glioblastoma may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult glioblastoma. 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.
Oligodendroglial Tumors
Treatment of oligodendrogliomas may
include the following:
Treatment of anaplastic oligodendroglioma may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult oligodendroglial tumors. 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.
Mixed Gliomas
Treatment of mixed gliomas may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult mixed glioma. 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.
Ependymal Tumors
Treatment of grade I and grade II ependymomas is usually surgery with or without radiation therapy.
Treatment of grade III anaplastic ependymoma may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult ependymal tumors. 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.
Embryonal Cell Tumors: Medulloblastoma
Treatment of medulloblastomas may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult medulloblastoma. 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.
Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
Treatment of pineal parenchymal tumors may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult pineal parenchymal tumor. 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.
Meningeal Tumors
Treatment of grade I meningiomas may include the following:
Treatment of grade II and III meningioma and hemangiopericytoma may include the
following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult meningeal tumor. 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.
Germ Cell Tumors
Treatment of a germinoma is usually radiation therapy. For treatment of a teratoma that has not spread, surgery is used. There is no standard treatment for other types of germ cell tumors.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult central nervous system germ cell tumor. 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.
Tumors of the Sellar Region: Craniopharyngioma
Treatment of craniopharyngiomas may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult 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.
Recurrent Brain Tumors
Treatment of recurrent brain tumors 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 adult brain tumor. 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.
Metastatic Brain Tumors
Treatment of a single tumor that has spread to the brain from another part of the body is usually surgery followed by radiation therapy to the whole brain.
Treatment of more than one tumor that has spread to the brain from another part of the body may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with adult tumors metastatic to brain. 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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