Brain Tumours - Tumours of the Central Nervous System

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Brain Tumours

Tumours of the central nervous system (CNS)

Primary tumours of the central nervous system (CNS tumours) originate in the brain or the spinal cord. With about 510 newly diagnosed paediatric patients in Germany per year, CNS tumours are the most common solid tumours. Following leukaemias, they account for the second most frequent childhood cancer (with about 24%). There are many types of primary brain tumours, such as low-grade or high-grade gliomas, medulloblastomas, embryonal, non-rhabdoid CNS tumours (before known as CNS-PNET), pineoblastomas, ependymomas, and choroid plexus tumours. Here, you will find information on primary brain tumours. Other pages will offer information on CNS metastases of other cancers.

Low-grade gliomas

Here, you will find our information on low-grade gliomas and current treatment concepts:

High-grade gliomas

Here, you will find our information on high-grade gliomas and current treatment concepts:

Medulloblastoma / Embryonal non-rhabdoid tumours / Pineoblastoma

Here, you will find our information on medulloblastoma, supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumours (CNS-PNET), pineoblastoma, and current treatment concepts:

Ependymoma

Our information on ependymoma and current treatment concepts can be found here:

Trials / Registries

Almost all European
children and teenagers with brain tumours are treated according to standardised protocols based on clinical trials or registries. Currently active trials / registries:

Literature and work material

Treatment guidelines, follow-up plans, reports on clinical trials and more (partly only available in German)

For more reading

You will find a small selection of additional information on brain tumours provided by external sources here: