Is brain stem glioma incurable?

Brain stem glioma is a difficult problem in medical treatment at this stage, because the tumor is located in the brain stem, brain stem belongs to the life center of the human body, which controls the respiration, circulation and consciousness of the human body. At this stage, surgical treatment is more difficult. Secondly, glioma belongs to the malignant category, of course, there are some high malignancy and low malignancy. Therefore, the nature and location of the tumor determine that this kind of disease is a difficult problem in the treatment at this stage. But it is not impossible to treat them. For example, children with low-grade brain stem gliomas can be treated with stereotactic radiotherapy, and some children survive for a long time, although most patients eventually die as the tumor progresses.