The radiation therapy can be administered in different ways. External radiation uses a high-energy radiation to pinpoint the tumor. The beam travels to different layers before reaching the tumor itself. It passes through the skin, skull, healthy brain tissue before reaching the tumor. The treatment lasts for about four to six weeks, given five days [...]
The patient will undergo several procedures and treatments before the actual surgery. To relieve the swelling, the patient will be given a steroid drug such as dexamethasone. If in any case there is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain, a thin plastic tube is placed to drain the fluid. The end of the [...]
Most brain cancer patients undergo a surgery. The purpose of the surgery is to indeed confirm that the growing mass or the abnormality seen in the brain is a tumor. If in any case the tumor cannot be removed, the surgeon will take a small part to identify the type of the tumor.
When the tumor [...]
Brain cancer treatment depends on the age, general health, and the size and location of the tumor. The type of the tumor and other medical conditions of the patient is also a factor.
The treatment of brain cancer is usually complex and may involve consultation to several different doctors. This team of doctors usually includes a [...]
The secondary brain tumor occurs when cancer starts from another part of your body and starts to spread in your brain. Some may occur when the person has a history of cancer when a brain tumor is discovered.
Brain cancer can occur at any age between 3-12 and 40-70 years old. Ever since researchers have acquired [...]
Researchers have found that the main cause of brain cancer is due to mutations of the DNA of the genes, thus proving that brain cancer is genetic.
There are two types of brain cancer: Primary brain tumors, that originates in the brain or close to it and secondary (metastatic) brain tumors that starts from another part [...]
The most common symptoms found in brain cancer patients are the following: Headache, weakness of the body, clumsiness, difficulty in walking and seizures. Other symptoms are memory loss, changes in concentration and alertness, vomiting (especially in the morning), abnormalities and difficulty in speaking and vision, and changes in intellectual and emotional capacities.
The symptoms are caused [...]
Not all tumors that are found in the brain is brain cancer. Most brain cancer is due to metastatic or secondary brain cancer where cancer found in the other parts of the body travels through the blood to the brain.
Brain cancer symptoms becomes worse as the tumors start to grow. Because the brain is located [...]