Ependymoma+cancer

The name of the disease is Ependymoma cancer.

The root cause of Ependymoma is unknown but it suggested that it develops from the ependymal cells, which causes normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally and out of control and continue to divide and form a lump that affect other proteins’ ability to function (Macmilla, 2012).

The affected of this cancer is brain cells.

The historical background is unknown since ependymoma is a cancer rare tumor so it has not been many clinical trial or research.

The common symptom of this disease is raised intracranial pressure caused by the blockage in the ventricle, which caused headaches, vomiting, neck pain, and visual problems and also change in behavior and personality. The symptoms of an ependymoma depend of which part of the spine is affected. If the cancer cells in frontal lobe it causes the change in mood and personality as well as may be paralysis. If the tumor in the temporal lobe of the brain then it may causes the loss of memory and speech. And if the cancer cells cause on cerebellum, which will be a loss in coordination and balance (Macmilla, 2012).

The doctor will test if the cancer cells have spread to the spinal cord before determine to perform a treatment. The standard treatments of epedymoma are surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and medicines called anticonvulsant to help prevent seizures and steroid drug to reduce the swelling of the tumor. However, these treatments are depended on the size and position of tumor, a person health, and whether it spread to the other parts of the brain (Macmilla, 2012).

Researchers are examining whether the tumor genetics can help find a new way base on the pattern change of genes within each tumor (Cancer, 2012) and improve the radiation therapy technique that only target tumor cells (Cancer, 2012), and combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery (Katarzyna et al. 2013). References: Cancer. (2012). Ependymoma. [] Katarzyna, P., Anna, S. G., & Marzanna, C. (2013). Spinal cord ependymoma in children–Results of postoperative radiotherapy. //Radiotherapy and Oncology//. Macmilla. (2012). Ependymoma []