Three common brain cancer treatments

When it comes to brain cancer, the first word that comes to many people's minds is terminal illness. In fact, with the continuous advancement of medical technology in recent years, the treatment of brain cancer has become possible. So what are the methods for treating brain cancer? The following will tell you about the common methods for treating brain cancer.

In general, common treatments for brain cancer include:

1. Surgical treatment

For benign tumors, the chance of complete surgical removal is higher, and the patient's survival rate is also higher, such as cerebral or cerebellar astrocytoma, sella craniopharyngioma, ventricular choroid plexus tumor, etc., which do not require radiation or chemotherapy, and have a low chance of recurrence, but require regular CT or MRI reexamination, which is a common method of treating brain cancer. Residual benign tumors that cannot be completely removed by surgery can be observed and tracked, or immediately treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

2. Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy is the most common adjuvant treatment for brain cancer, and is usually started 1 to 2 weeks after surgery. Radiation therapy kills tumor cells by taking advantage of the fact that tumor cells are more sensitive to radiation and are more susceptible to damage from radiation. Generally, the treatment takes about four to eight weeks, and the size of the irradiation range and the dose are determined based on the different tumor pathological diagnosis, degree of differentiation, and imaging medical examination results.

3. Chemotherapy

At present, chemotherapy for cancer has made great progress, but due to the special structure of the brain 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 take effect. This mode affects the speed and efficiency of the drug's action. This is also a common method for treating brain cancer.

The above is an introduction to the common methods of treating brain cancer. I hope it will be helpful to you. For more questions about the treatment of brain cancer, you can consult our online experts, who will answer them in detail.

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