Interventions for Brain and Central Nervous System (CNS) Cancer

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Age Cohort: 5 - 11 years

Health Promotion	Diagnostic	Curative	Rehabilitative	Palliative
Community Level
Educate community to create awareness to identify cancer symptoms early	Recognition of cancer associated range of warning symptoms	Immediate transfer of suspected cancer cases to a higher-level health care facility	Physical therapy	Community and home-based care for providing pain relief Psychosocial support to patients and their families
Primary Care
Educate primary health care providers to create awareness to identify cancer symptoms early	Recognition of cancer associated range of warning symptoms	Immediate transfer of suspected cancer cases to a higher-level health care facility	Physical therapy	Palliative care for providing relief of pain and other associated symptoms Psychosocial support to patients and their families
Referral Facility: General
	History Physical exam Neurological examination Complete blood count	Immediate transfer of suspected cancer cases to a higher-level health care facility	Physical therapy Occupational therapy Speech therapy	Palliative care for providing relief of pain and other associated symptoms Psychosocial support to patients and their families
Referral Facility: Specialist
	History Physical exam Neurological examination Complete blood count Biopsy Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) functional MRI Computerized tomography (CT) Positron emission tomography (PET).	Chemotherapy Targeted therapy Surgery Radiotherapy	Physical therapy Occupational therapy Speech therapy	Palliative care for providing relief of pain and other associated symptoms Psychosocial support to patients and their families