Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment (PDQ)—Health Professional Version - National Cancer Institute

Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment (PDQ)—Health Professional Version - National Cancer Institute

Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment–for health professionals (PDQ®)

BRAIN CANCER

• Patient
• Health Professional
  • Adult Central Nervous System Tumors Treatment
  • Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment
  • Childhood Astrocytomas Treatment
  • Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment
  • Childhood CNS AT/RT Treatment
  • Childhood CNS Embryonal Tumors Treatment
  • Childhood CNS Germ Cell Tumors Treatment
  • Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment
  • Childhood Ependymoma Treatment
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• General Information About Childhood Craniopharyngioma
• Histopathologic Classification of Childhood Craniopharyngioma
• Stage Information for Childhood Craniopharyngioma
• Treatment Option Overview for Childhood Craniopharyngioma
• Newly Diagnosed Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment
• Recurrent Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment
• Late Effects in Patients Treated for Childhood Craniopharyngioma
• Changes to This Summary (08/​05/​2015)
• About This PDQ Summary
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Changes to This Summary (08/05/2015)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Newly Diagnosed Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment

Added text to state that when these highly conformal radiation treatments are employed, interim imaging is commonly performed to detect changes in cyst volume, with treatment plans modified as appropriate (cited Winkfield et al. and Bishop et al. as references 20 and 22, respectively).

This summary is written and maintained by the PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of NCI. The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or NIH. More information about summary policies and the role of the PDQ Editorial Boards in maintaining the PDQ summaries can be found on the About This PDQ Summary and PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database pages.

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