The recurrence of glioma is very troubling

Glioma is familiar to everyone. Glioma is a common intracranial malignant tumor. Relevant oncology experts said that glioma is very easy to relapse after treatment. The recurrence of glioma is very troubling to many oncology experts and their patients. So, the following are the relevant issues about the recurrence of glioma.

The treatment of glioma is still a difficult problem in medicine. Relevant experts pointed out that glioma is a multi-gene, multi-site tumor, and even the tumor has no obvious boundaries in the brain. It is located in the central nervous system, an important structure of the brain, and is difficult to completely remove. It is not very sensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and is very easy to relapse. Therefore, its treatment is very difficult. Some foreign experts believe that its degree of harm is second only to pancreatic cancer. Because pancreatic cancer is very easy to die, but even if the brain tumor is benign, if it grows too large in the brain, it can also cause brain damage or even death.

Glioma will basically recur after surgery. "Therefore, most neurosurgeons will adopt a conservative attitude and method, and will do conservative treatment if surgery is necessary or not. If no surgery is performed, the patient may only live for a few months." The expert said, "Whether or not there will be a recurrence and how long it will take to recur depends mainly on the nature of the pathology and the degree of treatment received, such as how much was removed during the surgery and whether regular radiotherapy and chemotherapy were received. In theory, it is possible to completely remove grade one and grade two gliomas through surgery, and the purpose of cure can be achieved, but due to various factors during the surgery and the doctor's experience, there will often be residual tumors, so the possibility of recurrence is very high."

How to improve the treatment effect of malignant glioma and reduce the occurrence of recurrence is a difficult problem that needs to be solved urgently. The commonly used treatment methods for glioma at home and abroad are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and others such as immunotherapy, anti-tumor angiogenesis therapy and gene therapy are still being explored. Therefore, experts pointed out: "The current treatment model for glioma is still a multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment with surgery as the main method, that is, surgery plus postoperative radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc., which is also the current gold standard for glioma treatment."