Ependymoma
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Ependymoma Treatment
Treatment for an ependymoma includes:
Seizure medication
Medications to control brain
swelling
:
Oral
corticosteroids
Narcotic pain medication
Surgery for ependymoma
Radiation therapy for ependymoma:
Exposing
cancer
cells to radiation can kill them.
Chemotherapy for ependymoma:
The administration of medicines that kill
cancer
cells.
Ependymoma clinical trials
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Ependymoma Treatment: Chemotherapy
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Last Updated: Apr 18, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Ependymoma References:
Kawabata Y, Takahashi JA, Arakawa Y, Hashimoto N. Long-term outcome in patients harboring intracranial ependymoma. J Neurosurg. 2005 Jul;103(1):31-7.
Lehman NL, Jorden MA, Huhn SL, Barnes PD, Nelson GB, Fisher PG, Horoupian DS. Cortical ependymoma. A case report and review. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Jul;39(1):50-4.
Mansur DB, Drzymala RE, Rich KM, Klein EE, Simpson JR. The efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of intracranial ependymoma. J Neurooncol. 2004 Jan;66(1-2):187-90.
