ON THIS PAGE: You will find some helpful links to other areas of Cancer.Net that provide information about the care and treatment of children with a central nervous system (CNS) tumor. This is the final page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Childhood Central Nervous System Tumors (Brain and Spinal Cord). Use the menu to go back and see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about your child’s medical care after treatment is finished and why this follow-up care is important. Use the menu to see other pages.
Care for children diagnosed with a central nervous system (CNS) tumor does not end when active treatment has finished. Your child’s health care team will continue to check that the tumor has not come back, manage any side effects, and monitor your child’s overall health. This is called follow-up care. All children treated for a CNS tumor should have life-long, follow-up care.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some questions to ask your child’s doctor or other members of the health care team, to help you better understand your child’s diagnosis, treatment plan, and overall care. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about coping with the physical, emotional, social, and financial effects of a central nervous system (CNS) tumor and its treatment. Use the menu to see other pages.
Every treatment for a CNS tumor can cause side effects or changes to your child’s body and how they feel. For many reasons, people do not experience the same side effects even when given the same treatment for the same tumor type. This can make it hard to predict how your child will feel during treatment.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done to learn more about central nervous system (CNS) tumors diagnosed in children and how to treat them. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a tumor’s growth or spread. This is called the stage or grade. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find a drawing of the main body parts affected by a childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumor. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find information about the estimated number of children and teens who will be diagnosed with a central nervous system (CNS) tumor each year. You will also read general information on surviving the disease. Remember, survival rates depend on several factors, and no 2 people with a tumor are the same. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about the factors that increase the chance of developing a cancer related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some basic information about this disease and the parts of the body it may affect. This is the first page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Eye Melanoma. Use the menu to see other pages. Think of that menu as a roadmap for this entire guide.
The eye is the body's organ that collects light and sends messages to the brain. Those messages form a picture. The 3 main parts of the eye are:
Eyeball
Orbit (eye socket)
