Treatment of Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Childhood Spinal Cord Tumors

Tumors of many different cell types may form in the spinal cord. Low-grade spinal cord tumors usually do not spread. High-grade spinal cord tumors may spread to other places in the spinal cord or to the brain. See the following PDQ summaries for more information on staging and treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent childhood spinal cord tumors:

• Childhood Astrocytomas Treatment
• Childhood Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors Treatment
• Childhood Ependymoma Treatment