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==Overview==
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==Medical therapy==
==Medical therapy==
[[Radiotherapy]] or [[chemotherapy]] is not the first-line treatment option for patients with gangliogliomas. [[Radiation therapy]] is usually reserved for patients when either incomplete [[resection]] is achievable or tumor recurrence occurs.
There is no treatment for ganglioglioma; the mainstay of therapy is surgical resection.Seizures due to ganglioglioma are typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs.


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