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Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 01/02/2009
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (01/02/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Stage Information 1

Added Childhood Central Nervous System (CNS) Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor 2 as a new subsection.

Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors 3

Added Childhood Central Nervous System (CNS) Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor 4 as a new subsection.

Treatment of Recurrent Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors 5

Added Childhood Central Nervous System (CNS) Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor 6 as a new subsection.

Added Childhood Craniopharyngioma 7 as a new subsection.



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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional/
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2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional/
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3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional/
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4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional/
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5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional/
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6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional/
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7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional/
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