Treatments for the three main types of brain cancer

Brain cancer is a serious malignant tumor that occurs in the brain. Brain cancer patients often experience symptoms such as headaches and vomiting, which is very harmful to brain cancer patients. What are the common treatments for brain cancer ? Here are some common treatments for brain cancer.

In general, common treatments for brain cancer include:

1. Chemotherapy. Great progress has been made in the treatment of brain cancer. However, due to the special structure of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), chemotherapy for brain tumors is still subject to many limitations. 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.

2. Radiation therapy is also a treatment for brain cancer. Radiation therapy uses radiation or gamma rays or high-speed neutron rays to kill tumor cells.

3. Surgery is also a common treatment for brain cancer. 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 tumor resection rates. 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.

The above is an introduction to common brain cancer treatment methods. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Once you have brain cancer, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.