Pineal Brain Tumor Treatment

Pineal brain tumor is a very common tumor in life. It is a malignant tumor. Once diagnosed with pineal brain tumor, it will have a great impact on our health. We need to go to the hospital for active treatment in time. Generally speaking, the symptoms of pineal brain tumor are not particularly obvious in the early stage of onset, and it is easy to be ignored. How to treat pineal brain tumor?

What is the treatment for pineal brain tumors?

The tumor in this area is difficult to operate on because of its deep location, many important structures, and concentrated return veins. The surgical approaches mostly include the infratentorial supracerebellar approach and the posterior interhemispheric fissure approach. In this case, we used the posterior interhemispheric fissure approach, mainly because the tumor was located higher up, above the great cerebral vein. If the infratentorial supracerebellar approach was used, the great cerebral vein would inevitably be blocked, affecting the surgical field and operating space. When separating the longitudinal fissure, one should enter from the area with fewer upper drainage veins and operate gently to avoid tearing and causing venous rupture.

The treatment of this disease is mainly surgical treatment, followed by postoperative radiotherapy. The radiotherapy target volume is designed based on the pathological results. However, in some cases, not only is surgical resection difficult, but even a biopsy is very dangerous, so radiotherapy alone is the only option. At this time, it is advisable to use a local field with a wider margin to irradiate (20-30) Gy/(2.5-3.5) weeks later, and then immediately perform a CT scan and compare it with the CT film before radiotherapy. If the tumor is significantly reduced, it indicates that the tumor is a malignant tumor such as a germ cell tumor. If the tumor is more advanced, it will be treated with minimally invasive surgery such as awake craniotomy.

Precautions

1. Develop good living habits, quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption. Smoking: The World Health Organization predicts that if people stop smoking, the world's cancer will be reduced by 1/3 in five years; secondly, do not drink alcohol. Tobacco and alcohol are extremely acidic substances. People who smoke and drink for a long time are very likely to develop an acidic constitution.

2. Do not eat too much salty and spicy food, and do not eat overheated, too cold, expired or spoiled food; the elderly and weak or those with a genetic gene for certain diseases should eat some anti-cancer foods and alkaline foods with high alkaline content as appropriate to maintain a good mental state.

3. Have a good attitude to deal with stress, combine work and rest, and avoid overwork. It can be seen that stress is an important cause of cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stress leads to overwork and physical weakness, which in turn causes decreased immune function, endocrine disorders, metabolic disorders in the body, and the deposition of acidic substances in the body. Stress can also lead to mental tension, causing qi stagnation, blood stasis, and internal toxic fire.

4 Strengthen physical exercise, improve physical fitness, exercise more in the sun, and sweat more to excrete acidic substances in the body with sweat, avoiding the formation of an acidic physique.

5. Live a regular life. People with irregular living habits, such as singing karaoke all night, playing mahjong, staying out all night, etc., will aggravate the acidification of the body and be prone to cancer. We should develop good living habits to maintain a weak alkaline physique and keep various cancers away from ourselves.

6. Do not eat contaminated food, such as contaminated water, crops, poultry, fish eggs, moldy food, etc. Eat some green organic food to prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth.