Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Survivorship
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about how to cope with challenges in everyday life after your child’s diagnosis. Use the menu to see other pages.
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Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor
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Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - About Clinical Trials
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about clinical trials, which are the main way that new medical approaches are studied to see how well they work. Use the menu to see other pages.
What are clinical trials?
Doctors and scientists are always looking for better ways to care for children with desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG). To make scientific advances, doctors create research studies involving volunteers, called clinical trials. Every drug that is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was tested in clinical trials.
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Introduction
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 Childhood Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma (DIG). Use the menu to see other pages. Think of that menu as a roadmap for this entire guide.
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Additional Resources
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some helpful links to other areas of Cancer.Net that provide information about medical care and treatment. This is the final page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Childhood Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma. Use the menu to go back and see other pages.
Cancer.Net includes many other sections about the medical and emotional aspects of a brain tumor for the person diagnosed and their family members and friends. This website is meant to be a resource for you and your loved ones from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, and beyond.
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Questions to Ask the Health Care Team
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some questions to ask the 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.
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Follow-Up Care
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 desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG) 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 tumor, including DIG, should have life-long follow-up care.
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Coping with Treatment
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about coping with the physical, emotional, social, and financial effects of a brain tumor and its treatment. Use the menu to see other pages.
Every treatment for a brain 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 type of tumor. This can make it hard to predict how your child will feel during treatment.
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Latest Research
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done to learn more about desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG) and how to treat it. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors are working to learn more about DIG, ways to prevent it, how to best treat it, and how to provide the best care to children diagnosed with this disease. The following areas of research may include new options for patients through clinical trials. Always talk with your child’s doctor about the best diagnostic and treatment options for your child.
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor - Stages and Grades
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe the growth and spread of desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG). This is called the grade. Use the menu to see other pages.
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