Changes to This Summary (05/17/2012)

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.

Treatment Options for Newly Diagnosed Childhood Craniopharyngioma ¹

Added Mortini et al. as reference 1 ² and level of evidence 3iA.

Added Müller et al. as reference 7 ³ and Winkfield et al. as reference 10 ⁴.

Treatment Options for Recurrent Childhood Craniopharyngioma ⁵

Revised text ⁶ to state that external-beam radiation therapy is an option if this has not been previously employed, including consideration of radiosurgery in selected circumstances (cited Xu et al. as reference 4 and level of evidence 3iiiDiii).