Three relatively effective treatments for brain cancer

Brain cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the brain. It can compress various nerves in the brain and cause serious damage to the human body systems related to these nerves. It requires active treatment. What are the effective treatments for brain cancer ? Let's talk about effective treatments for brain cancer.

Generally, effective treatments for brain cancer include:

1. Surgical treatment. For primary tumors, surgical resection is performed to remove tumor cells as cleanly as possible and avoid cell proliferation. Brain tumor resection is still the most common treatment mode. In surgical resection, studies have shown that the use of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) to mark cancer cells and make them fluorescent can help improve the tumor resection rate. The product Gliolan (medac GmbH) has been approved for marketing in Europe. For some deeper tumors or tumors that cannot be removed by traditional surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma knife, Cyberknife or Novalis Txradiosurgery) is also another surgical option. This is a common treatment for brain cancer.

2. Radiation therapy: This type of brain cancer treatment uses radiation or gamma rays or high-speed neutron rays to kill tumor cells, which is referred to as radiotherapy.

3. Chemotherapy. Currently, chemotherapy for cancer has made great progress, but due to the special structure of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), chemotherapy for brain tumors is still subject to many restrictions. Any chemotherapy drug can only pass through the vascular endothelial cells through the lipid solubility of the drug, and then enter the tumor cells to produce effects. This mode affects the speed and efficiency of the drug's action. This is a common treatment method for brain cancer.

The above is an introduction to the common treatments for brain cancer, and I hope it will be helpful to brain cancer patients. These treatments for brain cancer are all optional, but they need to be based on your actual condition. Don’t choose blindly, which is not good for the patient.