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ʻO ka medulloblastoma kahi ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai lolo e ulu ana ma ke cerebellum, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana o kou lolo e hoʻomalu ana i ke kaulike a me ka hoʻohuihui. ʻO ia ka maʻi ʻaʻai lolo maʻamau loa i nā keiki, ʻoiai hiki ke pā i nā mākua pū kekahi.
Ke ulu nei kēia maʻi mai nā sela e kōkua mau ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka lolo i ka wā ʻōpio. ʻOiai ke manaʻo nui nei i kēia ʻike, he mea nui e ʻike he nui nā lapaʻau i holomua nui i nā makahiki i hala, a nui nā kānaka e ola ana i kahi ola olakino a piha ma hope o ka lapaʻau.
ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka medulloblastoma e ulu pinepine ana ma muli o ke kaomi ʻana o ka maʻi i nā ʻāpana nui o ka lolo. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia mau hōʻailona e ʻike ʻia ana i ka mālie a i ʻole i ka wikiwiki loa.
ʻOiai ʻokoʻa ka ʻike o kēlā me kēia kanaka, he mea kōkua ke hoʻomaopopo i ka nui o nā hōʻailona e hiki ke loaʻa. Eia nā mea maʻamau loa e nānā ai:
Ke hana nei kēia mau hōʻailona ma muli o ka hiki i ka maʻi ke pale i ke kahe maʻamau o ka wai i loko o ka lolo, e hoʻonui ana i ke kaomi. ʻO nā hōʻailona kakahiaka he mea maʻamau loa ia ma muli o ka moe ʻana i ka pō e hoʻonui ai i kēia kaomi.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau e like me nā hopena, nā loli lohe, a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi o ke kino. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hui o kēia mau hōʻailona e mau ana no nā lā he nui, he mea kūpono ke kūkākūkā me kāu kauka.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu o ka medulloblastoma, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi e ulu ana ia i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai kekahi mau sela lolo e ulu kūpono ʻole. ʻO kēia nā sela e kōkua mau ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka lolo i ka wā hoʻomohala.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e hana ana me ke kumu maopopo ʻole, kahi hiki ke manaʻo nui i ka wā e ʻimi ana ʻoe i nā pane. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike nā ʻepekema i kekahi mau mea e hiki ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana:
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ka medulloblastoma e kekahi mea āu i hana ai a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hana. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻopili, a ʻaʻole ia i hana ʻia e ka ʻai, nā koho nohona, a i ʻole nā mea kūlohelohe āu i hiki ke kaohi.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e hana kūpono ana, ʻo ia hoʻi e hana ana ma ka manawa ma mua o ka hoʻoilina ʻia.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i ka medulloblastoma i nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ke ʻano o nā sela maʻi ma lalo o ka microscope a me kā lākou ʻano genetic. Ke hoʻomaopopo nei i kāu ʻano kikoʻī e kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻolālā i ka lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
I kēia manawa, hui pū nā kauka i nā medulloblastomas e like me kā lākou ʻano molecular, ʻo ia hoʻi ke nānā ʻana i nā loli genetic kikoʻī i nā sela maʻi. Hoʻokomo kēia ʻōnaehana hoʻokaʻawale hou i nā maʻi WNT, SHH, Group 3, a me Group 4.
E wehewehe kāu kauka i ke ʻano āu i loaʻa ai a me ka mea āna i manaʻo ai no kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau. Pane like ʻole kēlā me kēia ʻano i ka lapaʻau, no laila kōkua kēia ʻike e hana i kahi ala kūikawā i kāu mālama.
Pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā poʻo ʻeha mau me ka nausea, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia mau hōʻailona i ke kakahiaka. Hiki i kēia hui ke hōʻailona e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau.
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i nā pilikia kaulike, nā loli ʻike, a i ʻole nā pilikia hoʻohuihui ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hui pū ai lākou, i ka loiloi wikiwiki.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā poʻo ʻeha nui e like ʻole me nā mea āu i loaʻa ai ma mua, ka luaʻi hou ʻana me ke kumu maopopo ʻole e like me ka maʻi, a i ʻole nā loli koke i ka ʻike a i ʻole ka ʻike.
No nā keiki, e nānā i nā loli i ka ʻano, ka hana kula, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hoʻomohala. I kekahi manawa, ʻo nā hōʻailona mua i nā keiki ʻōpio paha ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻonāukiuki, nā loli i nā ʻano ʻai, a i ʻole ka hoʻi ʻana i nā mākau i aʻo mua ʻia.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka medulloblastoma ʻaʻole loaʻa nā mea pilikia maopopo, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki ke pā i kekahi. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau mea e hiki ke hoʻonui iki i ka hiki ke loaʻa i kēia maʻi.
ʻO ka makahiki ka mea nui loa e hoʻomaopopo ai. Eia nā mea pilikia nui i ʻike ʻia e nā kauka:
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia e manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka medulloblastoma. Nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole loaʻa nā maʻi, ʻoiai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me nā mea pilikia ʻike ʻole ʻia.
He mea maʻamau loa nā syndromes genetic e pili ana i ka medulloblastoma. ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā maʻi lolo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā medulloblastomas e hana kūpono ana me ke ʻano hoʻoilina ʻole.
Hiki i ka medulloblastoma ke hana i nā pilikia mai ka maʻi ponoʻī a mai nā lapaʻau. Ke hoʻomaopopo nei i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau a hana pū me kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻokele pono iā lākou.
Hiki i ka maʻi ponoʻī ke hana i kekahi mau pilikia i kona ulu ʻana:
Hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia pili i ka lapaʻau, ʻoiai nā ʻenehana hou e hoʻoikaika nei e hoʻemi i kēia mau mea. Hiki i ka ʻoki ke hana i ka pehu manawa a i ʻole, maʻamau ʻole, ka maʻi. Hiki i ka radiation a me ka chemotherapy ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka lolo maʻamau i nā keiki a hiki ke hana i ka luhi, ka nalowale o ka lauoho, a i ʻole nā loli i ka hana hormone.
Hiki i nā hopena lōʻihi ke komo pū me nā pilikia aʻo, ka nalowale lohe, a i ʻole nā pilikia ulu, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki e hoʻomohala ana kā lākou lolo. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia nā pilikia he nui me ka mālama kōkua a me ka hoʻōla hou.
E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe no nā pilikia a pau a e hana e pale a mālama koke iā lākou. Nui nā kānaka e ʻike i nā hopena lōʻihi liʻiliʻi a i ʻole hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi me nā ala lapaʻau o kēia manawa.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka medulloblastoma e komo pū ana i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha o ka mea e hana nei i kou lolo. E hoʻomaka kāu kauka me ka kūkākūkā kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me kahi hoʻokolokolo kino.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana diagnostic e komo pinepine ana i kēia mau ʻanuʻu nui:
ʻO ka MRI ka mea nui loa o ka hoʻokolokolo ma muli o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka nui o ka maʻi, kahi, a me ka pilina me nā ʻāpana lolo a puni.
He mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi laʻana pūnaewele no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka medulloblastoma. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia i ka wā o ka ʻoki ʻana e wehe i ka maʻi, no laila hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike a me ka lapaʻau mua i ka manawa like.
Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolokolo hou aku e like me nā loiloi lohe a i ʻole nā hoʻokolokolo pae hormone e loiloi i ke ʻano o ka maʻi i nā hana kino ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka medulloblastoma e komo pinepine ana i ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻoki, ka radiation therapy, a me ka chemotherapy. ʻO ka hoʻolālā kikoʻī e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea e like me ke ʻano o ka maʻi, kona wahi, kou makahiki, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka ʻoki pinepine ka hana mua a ke hoʻāʻo nei e wehe i ka nui o ka maʻi i hiki ke palekana. E hana pono kāu neurosurgeon e mālama i nā hana lolo nui i ka wā e wehe ai i ka pūnaewele maʻi.
Ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana, loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka nā lapaʻau hou aku:
No nā keiki ma lalo o 3 mau makahiki, hoʻokaʻulua pinepine nā kauka a pale aku paha i ka radiation inā hiki ma muli o kona hopena i ka lolo e hoʻomohala ana. Ma kahi o ia mea, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka chemotherapy ikaika a i ʻole nā lapaʻau kikoʻī hou.
ʻO ka manawa lapaʻau e lōʻihi pinepine ana i 6-12 mau mahina, ʻoiai kēia e ʻokoʻa ana ma muli o kāu kūlana kikoʻī. I ka wā lapaʻau, e hana pū ʻoe me kahi hui o nā loea e komo pū ana i nā neurosurgeons, oncologists, radiation specialists, a me nā limahana kākoʻo.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā ala lapaʻau hou i nā hopena, me ka nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana ka remission lōʻihi. E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka wā a ma hope o ka lapaʻau e hōʻoia i nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
Ke hoʻokele nei i nā hōʻailona i ka wā lapaʻau e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a mālama i kou ikaika no ka hoʻōla. E hāʻawi kāu hui lapaʻau i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī, akā aia kekahi mau ala laulā e hiki ke kōkua.
No nā poʻo ʻeha a me ka nausea, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻemi i ka pehu lolo a hoʻomalu i ka nausea. Ke lawe nei i kēia mau lāʻau e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai ke ʻoluʻolu nei ʻoe, e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona mai ka hoʻi ʻana.
Eia kekahi mau hana kōkua e hiki ke kōkua:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia kaulike, hiki i ka physical therapy ke kōkua nui. Hiki i kahi physical therapist ke aʻo iā ʻoe i nā hana a me nā ʻenehana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka kūpaʻa a hoʻemi i ka pilikia hāʻule.
Mai kānalua e kamaʻilio me kāu hui lapaʻau e pili ana i nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike nei. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono pinepine i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hāʻawi i nā kōkua hou aku e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā lapaʻau.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei no kāu mau hālāwai lapaʻau e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kāu manawa me ka hui mālama ola. Ke loaʻa nei nā ʻike hoʻonohonoho a me nā nīnau mākaukau e hana i ka huakaʻi ʻoi aku ka hua no nā mea a pau.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa. E hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a me nā ʻano āu i ʻike ai.
Eia ka mea e lawe mai a hoʻomākaukau:
E noʻonoʻo e nīnau e pili ana i nā koho lapaʻau, nā hopena ʻaoʻao i manaʻo ʻia, ka manawa no ka hoʻōla, a me ka mea e manaʻo ai i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka mālama. Mai hopohopo e nīnau i nā nīnau he nui - makemake kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou kūlana a me ka lapaʻau.
Inā manaʻo nui ʻoe a i ʻole ke kaumaha, he mea maʻamau loa kēlā. E haʻi aku i kāu hui mālama ola i kou manaʻo - he ʻike lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau a me ke kākoʻo manaʻo i nā manawa paʻakikī.
ʻO ka medulloblastoma kahi maʻi ʻaʻai lolo koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke mālama ʻia e pili ana i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio. ʻOiai ke manaʻo nui nei i kēia ʻike, he mea nui e ʻike ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā hopena lapaʻau i nā makahiki he nui i hala.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. Loaʻa i kāu hui lapaʻau ka ʻike nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka medulloblastoma a e hana pū me ʻoe e hoʻomohala i ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka lapaʻau wikiwiki e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka hopena holomua. Nui nā kānaka i mālama ʻia no ka medulloblastoma e ola ana i nā ola piha, olakino me nā hopena lōʻihi liʻiliʻi.
E kālele i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea hoʻokahi i ka manawa, e hahai ana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau, a e hilinaʻi ana i kāu ʻōnaehana kākoʻo o ka ʻohana, nā hoaaloha, a me nā mea mālama ola. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ke kākoʻo, aia ke kumu e manaʻolana ai no kou wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole make mau ka medulloblastoma. Me nā lapaʻau o kēia manawa, nui nā kānaka e loaʻa ana ka remission lōʻihi a ola i nā ola ola maʻamau. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā helu ola, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā hihia maʻamau. ʻO ka manaʻo e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea e like me ka makahiki, ke ʻano o ka maʻi, a me ka nui o ka maʻi e hiki ke wehe ʻia ma ke ʻoki.
ʻOiai hiki i ka medulloblastoma ke hoʻi hou mai, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻopau i ka lapaʻau e noho ana me ka maʻi ʻole lōʻihi. E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe me nā scan maʻamau a me nā nānā ʻana e ʻike koke i kekahi hoʻi hou ʻana. Inā hoʻi hou mai, aia pinepine nā koho lapaʻau hou aʻe.
Hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke ʻike i nā loli aʻo a i ʻole cognitive ma hope o ka lapaʻau, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā lākou ka radiation therapy i ka wā ʻōpio. Eia naʻe, nui nā keiki e hoʻololi maikaʻi a holomua ma ke kula me ke kākoʻo kūpono. Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke hoʻopili iā ʻoe me nā loea hoʻonaʻauao a me nā lawelawe hoʻōla hou e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kāu keiki.
ʻO ka lapaʻau e lōʻihi pinepine ana i 6-12 mau mahina, e komo pū ana i ka ʻoki, ka radiation therapy, a me ka chemotherapy. ʻO ka manawa kikoʻī e hilinaʻi ana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau kikoʻī a pehea kou pane i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki ke hoʻomau ka hoʻōla a me ka hoʻōla hou no nā mahina hou aku i kou hoʻi ʻana i ka ikaika a me ka hana.
ʻAe, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole loa ia, hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa i ka medulloblastoma. Pinepine nā hihia mākua i nā ʻano like ʻole ma mua o nā maʻi keiki a pono paha i nā ala lapaʻau i hoʻololi ʻia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea makua i ka radiation therapy ma mua o nā keiki, kahi hiki ke lilo i ʻāpana o ka pōmaikaʻi lapaʻau.
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