What are the treatments for a thalamic/hypothalamic astrocytoma?
Specific treatment for a thalamic/hypothalamic low-grade glioma will be determined by your child’s physician based on: your child’s age, overall health, and medical history type, location, and size of the tumor extent of the disease your child’s tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies how your child’s doctors expect the disease to progress your opinion or preference Treatment may include (alone or in combination): surgery – the initial treatment of a low-grade glioma of the thalamus and/or hypothalamus is maximum surgical removal. Surgery is often limited due to the deep, central placement of both the thalamus and hypothalamus within the brain. chemotherapy – a drug treatment that works by interfering with the cancer cell’s ability to grow or reproduce. Different groups of chemotherapy drugs work in different ways to fight cancer cells and shrink tumors. Often, a combination of chemotherapy drugs is used to fight a specific cancer. Certain chemotherapy drugs may be
