If you need individual consultation, please use our resource Find A Neurosurgeon to locate a neurosurgeon in your community. It takes weeks to months before a person will show signs of having a tumor. It is rare for a tumor to require emergency surgery unless it is producing dangerous pressure on the rest of the brain. When a physician is unable to determine the nature of a lesion on a scan, alternatives include sending that scan on for a second opinion, taking another scan, or taking a surgical biopsy of the lesion. Dysembroplastic Neuroepithelial tumors, which arise in the first two decades of life, cause seizures that are often difficult to control.
Aggressive surgery is considered the best therapy and often results in extended remission or cure.
If an attempt to remove a tumor is incomplete, a second surgery should be considered. Radiation, as a treatment alternative, should be avoided. Clinical trials are scientific investigations that examine the positive and negative effects of a treatment, and how that treatment compares to conventional alternatives. I trials are designed to determine if a new treatment is harmful. Phase II trials are designed to determine if a new treatment shows any promise of being helpful.