Primitive neuroectodermal tumor: Difference between revisions

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==Treatment==

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The approach to management of a CNS PNET is first to obtain detailed imaging through MRI, as well as additional scans of the patient's body (X-ray, CT, PET, even bone marrow biopsies) to look for metastasis or other associated malignancies. The tumor will then need to be biopsied to confirm the diagnosis. After the diagnosis of a CNS PNET is confirmed, management includes neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation (to reduce tumor size burden), complete surgical resection with confirmed negative margins, and/or additional adjuvant post-surgical chemotherapy. CNS PNET is aggressive and must be managed as so. Palliative care services should also become involved in the patient's care team when the diagnosis is made.

<ref>Honrado, Carlo P, and Augustine L Moscatello. Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors: Background, Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Medscape, 21 Jan. 2021, emedicine.medscape.com/article/855644-overview#a7.</ref>