Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 1.2015.

The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Central Nervous System (CNS) Cancers provide interdisciplinary recommendations for managing adult CNS cancers. Primary and metastatic brain tumors are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with varied outcomes and management strategies. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the NCCN CNS Cancers Panel's discussion and highlight notable changes in the 2015 update.

A new reality: long-term survivorship with a malignant brain tumor.

Purpose/objectives: To explore the survivor experience of adults who have been diagnosed three years or longer with a primary malignant brain tumor (PMBT).

Research Approach: Qualitative using a biographical narrative approach.

Setting: Six sites across the United States.

Symptom management of brain tumor patients.

Objectives: To review the symptoms frequently observed with brain tumors, focusing on the descriptions, causes, treatments, and nursing implications.

Data Sources: Research and review articles and textbooks.

Conclusion: Patients with brain tumors commonly have symptoms caused by the tumor or treatment.