Glioma
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Glioma Treatment
Treatment for glioma includes:
Seizure medication
Medications to control brain
swelling
:
Oral
corticosteroids
Narcotic pain medication
Surgery for glioma
Radiation therapy for glioma:
Exposing
cancer
cells to radiation can kill them.
Chemotherapy for glioma:
The administration of medicines that kill
cancer
cells.
Glioma clinical trials
For more information:
Astrocytoma treatment
Ependymoma treatment
Ganglioneuroma treatment
Glioblastoma multiforme treatment
Oligodendroglioma treatment
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Glioma Treatment: Chemotherapy
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Glioma References:
Laperriere N, Zuraw L, Cairncross G; Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative Neuro-Oncology Disease Site Group. Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed malignant glioma in adults: a systematic review. Radiother Oncol. 2002 Sep;64(3):259-73.
Salvati M, Caroli E, Orlando ER, Frati A, Artizzu S, Ferrante L. Multicentric glioma: our experience in 25 patients and critical review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev. 2003 Oct;26(4):275-9.
Stewart LA. Chemotherapy in adult high-grade glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from 12 randomised trials. Lancet. 2002 Mar 23;359(9311):1011-8.
