How well do children with brain tumors function after being diagnosed and receiving treatment for their brain tumor?
It depends on many issues. Although many children function quite normally after the diagnosis and receiving treatment for a brain tumor, brain tumor survivors may face long-term struggles with issues such as learning problems, growth, hormone deficiencies, blindness, deafness, strokes, and neurological deficits. Current research is being done to reduce the risk of long-term side effects of brain tumor survivors. Q: What kinds of research are currently being done for brain tumors? A: At present, much research is being done to improve the prognosis for children with brain tumors and reduce the long-term side effects of brain tumor survivors. For example, the Children’s Oncology Group is the national pediatric cancer clinical trials organization with more than 238 members that has enrolled over 4,000 children with brain tumors in clinical trial over the past 20 years. Also, researchers at academic medical centers, such as UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dal
