Treatments for brain and spinal cord tumours
Your healthcare team will create a treatment plan just for you. The plan is based on your health and specific information about the cancer. What you want is also important when planning treatment. When deciding which treatments to offer for brain and spinal cord tumours, your healthcare team will consider:
- the type, grade and location of the tumour
- any genetic changes found in the cancer cells
- the size of the tumour
-
your
neurological function - your age
- your overall health
- your lifestyle and what you prefer or want
- any previous treatment you have had for a brain or spinal cord tumour
Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are the main treatments for brain and spinal cord tumours. Other treatments are sometimes used.
Treatment by type of brain and spinal cord tumour
Surgery for brain and spinal cord tumours
Radiation therapy for brain and spinal cord tumours
Chemotherapy for brain and spinal cord tumours
Alternating electric fields therapy
Immunotherapy for brain and spinal cord tumours
Targeted therapy for brain and spinal cord tumours
Active surveillance for brain and spinal cord tumours
Corticosteroids and antiseizure medicines (anticonvulsants)
Follow-up after treatment for brain and spinal cord tumours
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