Treatment for brain tumor depends on a number of factors including the type, location and size of the tumor as well as the patient's age and also general health and the methods and schedules differ for children and adults. There are several treatments for brain tumor such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
1. Surgery
- most of the brain tumor had been treated by this method.
- A neurosurgeon will remove the tumor after he/she makes an opening in the skull.
2. Radiotherapy
- is the use of ionizing radiation to threat tumor.
- treatment with Cyberknife machine is the latest.
3. Chemotherapy
- is the treatment of malignant tumor with drug rather than radiation or surgical removal.