Thoracic spinal intramedullary glioma is treated with surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy depending on the condition.
Thoracic spinal intramedullary glioma is a kind of nerve cell tumor that grows in the spinal cord, and the tumor size may increase rapidly, easily compressing the nerves and causing limb movement disorders. Therefore, once diagnosed, it needs to be treated as soon as possible.
Thoracic spinal cord glioma treatment: for low-grade spinal cord glioma (WHO grade I~II), surgery becomes the first choice of important treatment means; for high-grade spinal cord glioma (WHO grade III~IV), the effect of surgery alone is not good, and surgery combined with postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy is a comprehensive treatment plan.
After surgery, it is generally necessary to formulate corresponding radiotherapy and chemotherapy programs according to the pathological grading and staging types of spinal cord tumors, such as postoperative temozolomide adjuvant chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy, etc. Currently, there are also immunotherapy, tumor vaccine, targeted therapy with electric field therapy, etc.
Thoracic spinal intramedullary glioma should go to regular hospitals for consultation in time, and doctors should judge the specific condition through symptoms, signs and auxiliary examination, and give correct and reasonable regular treatment according to the individual’s physique, so as to alleviate the condition in time.