Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Changes to This Summary (09/28/2017)

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.

Treatment Option Overview for Childhood Brain Stem Glioma

Added text to state that dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved for children and adolescents with cancer. Between 1975 and 2010, childhood cancer mortality decreased by more than 50% (cited Smith et al. as reference 1).

Progressive/Recurrent Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment

Added Treatment Options Under Clinical Evaluation as a new subsection for progressive/recurrent childhood brain stem glioma.

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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