Chemotherapy entails the use of specific drugs to treat brain tumors. A cancer specialist may recommend these drugs for malignant tumors that
Treatment for a brain tumor depends on whether the tumor is a brain cancer or if it's not cancerous, also called a benign brain tumor. Treatment options also depend on the type, size, grade and location of the brain tumor.
Several drugs have now been shown to extend patients' lives and improve the management of brain tumors. The Brain Tumor Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering is
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An experimental brain cancer vaccine improved survival time in patients with glioblastoma, the deadliest type of brain tumor. But these drugs are far less effective for brain tumors, because
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used to treat symptoms in patients with brain tumors and increase the sensitivity of Glioblastoma tumors to the chemotherapy drug
To treat brain tumors, a wafer that dissolves may be used to deliver a chemotherapy drug directly to the brain tumor site after the tumor has been removed by surgery. The way the chemotherapy is given depends on the type and grade of tumor and where it is in the brain. See Drugs Approved for Brain Tumors for more information. Targeted therapy
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