How To Diagnose And Treat Schwannomas

Cancer Treatment

When a patient's schwannoma biopsy comes back as malignant or cancerous, the treatment will be geared in the same general direction as the treatment for other cancerous tumors. There are of a number of ways in which cancer treatment can be applied. The first priority of treating a cancerous schwannoma is to remove it surgically. If the location of the tumor or the surrounding tissues makes surgical excision exceptionally challenging, then radiation therapy will first be applied to shrink the tumor. After the tumor has been shrunk with radiation and removed, some patients may need subsequent chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a classification of potent drugs that target and kill any cells in the body that are in the process of multiplying. This means even healthy noncancerous cells in the process of reproduction will be killed by chemotherapy in addition to the cancerous cells. Some patients with cancerous schwannomas may only require surgery to remove the tumor, or they may only need radiation therapy and surgery.

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