Gefitinib and Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Gliomas

Conditions

• Untreated Childhood Anaplastic Astrocytoma
• Untreated Childhood Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
• Untreated Childhood Brain Stem Glioma
• Untreated Childhood Giant Cell Glioblastoma
• Untreated Childhood Glioblastoma
• Untreated Childhood Gliomatosis Cerebri
• Untreated Childhood Gliosarcoma
• Untreated Childhood Oligodendroglioma

Interventions

• DRUG: gefitinib
• RADIATION: radiation therapy
• OTHER: pharmacological study
• OTHER: laboratory biomarker analysis

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)