central nervous system tumors การใช้

• Astrocytomas account for 50 % of pediatric primary central nervous system tumors.
• Neurosurgical intervention is warranted in almost all cases of primary central nervous system tumors and for many metastatic tumors.
• Brain stem glioma is a distinct category of central nervous system tumor because of its unique location and behavior.
• The cause of at least 90 percent of central nervous system tumors, the second most common childhood cancer after leukemia, is a mystery.
• Nonetheless, Rothstein and Brem wrote in a commentary on the research, the study opens up a potential new treatment approach to fatal central nervous system tumors.
• Medulloblastoma and other primitive neuroectodermal tumors ( PNETs ) are a group of highly aggressive central nervous system tumors with a tendency to spread via cerebrospinal fluid pathways.
• Most infuriating, almost no research is being done on what causes these tumors or why of all central nervous system tumors, only this one strikes more women.
• Radiotherapy is an important treatment for central nervous system tumors and has been demonstrated to extend survival and improve the quality of life for patients with many of the primary and metastatic brain tumors.
• Primary central nervous system lymphoma ( PCNSL ), a rare central nervous system tumor, occurs preferentially in immunocompromised patinets; however, it is increasing in incidence in both the HIV and non-HIV populations.
• This process serves to identify the extent and nature of neurological deficit, provides diagnostic clues, can help disclose a source of metastasis, or may identify a genetic process associated with a primary central nervous system tumor.