Childhood cancer: brain tumors

In the brain may cause many different tumors. Brain tumors can occur in very different parts of the brain. There are also many different types of tumors in the brain. The main ones are occurring brain tumors in children include:

1 in 3000 children is affected. The brain tumors represent 20 percent, the largest group of cancer in childhood. The frequency of occurrence of a brain tumor in childhood is about 1 illness per 3000 children, where all ages can be affected. Most frequently, however, brain tumors occur before the age of ten. The symptoms depend on the nature of the tumor, from the place in the brain and the size of the tumor from. The symptoms can vary greatly. They depend firstly on the tumor type, and secondly the localization of the disease and the size of the tumor from. Very often, however, it is too

Depending on the tumor location, other symptoms occur:

Extensive investigations are necessary. To diagnose a brain tumor, the complaints, the physical examination findings and the EEG examination (EEG lead: electroencephalography, a recording of brain waves) and X-ray, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings of the head. The investigation of the nervous water can) (CSF provide further insights. The nerve water through a so-called lumbar puncture, ie puncture of the spinal canal at the level of lumbar spine obtained. The therapy must be individual. The choice of therapy depends on the nature of the tumor as well as its location and size. In general, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and are eligible surgical removal, each alone or in combination. The prognosis depends on tumor type, location and size, but also the child’s age: With increasing age of children is improving the prognosis. 8 years after treatment, 40 percent of children live with a medulloblastoma, 75 percent of patients with astrocytoma, about 10 percent of these patients with a tumor located in the brainstem and 70 to 80 percent of children with a craniopharyngioma.

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