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What are the treatment options to help manage seizures in brain cancer patients?
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MitchelBergerMD (Physician - Neurosurgery (Verified) ) - 08 / 10 / 2012
The standard treatment option is anti-epileptic drugs, however if an individual continues seizures on one or more medications then the use of intraoperative mapping to define the seizure focus and remove it is the ideal treatment for seizures.
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