Medulloblastoma

Medulloblastoma - Childhood - Survivorship

ON THIS PAGE: You will read about how to cope with challenges in everyday life after your child’s medulloblastoma diagnosis. Use the menu to see other pages.

What is survivorship?

The word “survivorship” means different things to different people, but it often describes living with, through, and beyond cancer. In some ways, survivorship is one of the most complicated parts of the cancer experience because it is different for every child and their family.

Medulloblastoma - Childhood - Latest Research

ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done to learn more about medulloblastoma and how to treat it. Use the menu to see other pages.

Doctors are working to learn more about medulloblastoma, 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.

Medulloblastoma - Childhood - Risk Factors

ON THIS PAGE: You will find out more about the factors that increase the chance of developing childhood medulloblastoma. Use the menu to see other pages.

What are the risk factors for medulloblastoma?

A risk factor is anything that increases a person’s chance of developing cancer. Although risk factors often influence the development of cancer, most do not directly cause it. Some people with several risk factors never develop cancer, while others with no known risk factors do.

Medulloblastoma - Childhood - 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 Medulloblastoma. Use the menu to go back and see other pages.

Cancer.Net includes many other sections about the medical and emotional aspects of medulloblastoma 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.

Medulloblastoma - Childhood - 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 medulloblastoma 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 medulloblastoma should have life-long, follow-up care.

Medulloblastoma - Childhood - Coping with Treatment

ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about coping with the physical, emotional, social, and financial effects of a childhood 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 they are given the same treatment for the same tumor type. This can make it hard to predict how your child will feel during treatment.

Medulloblastoma - Childhood - 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 medulloblastoma. 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.

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