A synthetic, biodegradable wafer containing the agent carmustine with antineoplastic activity. Used to deliver drug directly into a brain tumor site and … [Read more...]
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RTA 744
A substance being studied in the treatment of adult brain tumors. RTA 744 crosses the blood-brain barrier and blocks an enzyme needed for cancer growth. It is a … [Read more...]
radiosurgery
A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is … [Read more...]
radiation surgery
A type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely give a single large dose of radiation to a tumor. It is … [Read more...]
polifeprosan 20 carmustine implant
A biodegradable wafer that is used to deliver the anticancer drug carmustine directly into a brain tumor site after the tumor has been removed by surgery. Also … [Read more...]
pineocytoma
A slow growing type of brain tumor that occurs in or around the pineal gland, a tiny organ near the center of the brain. … [Read more...]
pineoblastoma
A fast growing type of brain tumor that occurs in or around the pineal gland, a tiny organ near the center of the brain. … [Read more...]
oligoastrocytoma
A brain tumor that forms from both oligodendrocytes and astrocytes, which are types of glial cells (cells that cover and protect nerve cells in the brain and … [Read more...]
neuro-oncologist
A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating brain tumors and other tumors of the nervous system. … [Read more...]
mixed glioma
A brain tumor that forms from more than one type of brain cell, usually astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. … [Read more...]