Skip to content
Triangle logo TriangleGet started
← Childhood Astrocytomas, Other Gliomas, and Glioneuronal/Neuronal Tumors

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL · SOURCE READING

Adjuvant Therapy

Source: Childhood Astrocytomas, Other Gliomas, and Glioneuronal/Neuronal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: April 14, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

Selected source text with whitespace normalised. This Triangle page is not an NCI PDQ summary.

Context: Treatment of Circumscribed Astrocytic Gliomas, Pediatric-Type Diffuse Low-Grade Gliomas, and Glioneuronal/Neuronal Tumors

Adjuvant therapy following complete resection is generally not required unless there is a subsequent recurrence of disease. Treatment options for patients with incompletely resected tumor must be individualized and may include one or more of the following:

Observation after surgery (no adjuvant therapy).

Source links and citations

Chemotherapy.

Source links and citations

Radiation therapy.

Source links and citations

Targeted therapy (for subependymal giant cell astrocytomas).

Source links and citations

Continue within this section

Observation after surgery →Chemotherapy →Radiation therapy →Targeted therapy →

Preserved source evidence · Not medical advice