An abnormal cell mass or growth in your brain is a brain tumor. There are a wide variety of brain tumors. Certain brain tumors are non-cancerous (benign) and some are cancerous (malignant). Brain tumors may grow in the brain as tumors, or cancer may begin elsewhere in your corpus and spread to the brain.
It can vary greatly how fast a brain tumor develops. The rate of growth and location of a tumor will determine how your nervous system functions.
Symptoms
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Changed headache pattern
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Severe and frequent headache
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Nausea or vomiting Vision issues
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Loss of sensation in arms of legs
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Balancing problemSpeech issues
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Confusion
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Behavioral changes
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Seizures
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Hearing issues
Brain Tumor Types
Gliomas – It begins in either the brain or spinal cord and includes astrocytoma, oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas oligodendrogliomas and glioblastomas.
Meningiomas - The meningioma occurs in the membrane surrounded by the brain or the spinal cord and most of the meningiomas are non-cancerous.
Acoustic neuromas (schwannomas) – These benign tumors grow the nerves that control the body balance and take care of the hearing ability.
Pituitary adenomas – These benign tumors grow in the pituitary glands. These can affect the pituitary glands and the entire body.
Medulloblastomas – These are the most common type of malignant cancer types in children. It starts in the lower back part of the brain and then gradually spreads through the spinal cord.
Germ cell tumors – This tumor grows in childhood where the ovaries and the testicles form.
Brain Tumor Treatment Options
Surgery
A neuro oncologist performs a surgery to remove abnormal tissue / cancer. In cases where brain cancer is in that part of the brain where the surgery can cause damage to other portions, it is often better not to operate. If all cancer cells cannot be removed from the surgery, symptoms are alleviated and other treatments become more efficient.
Radiation Therapy
This therapy tries to destroy the ability of cancer cells to function and replicate by using high energy radiation. It is normally used for the destruction of any cancer cells in the area after surgery.
Chemotherapy
Doctors try to destroy brain cancer cells by using certain medicines. Tablets or injections are given for chemotherapy. Doctors can also place a chemotherapy-containing implant directly in the cavity of brain cancer.
Immunotherapy
Doctors try to destroy brain cancer cells by using certain medicines. Tablets or injections are given for chemotherapy. Doctors can also place a chemotherapy-containing implant directly in the cavity of brain cancer.
Contact a brain tumor specialist in Neuroscience Specialist near you to take care of the tumors. Visit a doctor at the early stage to get a fast treatment.
**Disclaimer- Information presented here is not intended to be qualified medical advice. Nothing expressed herein creates a doctor-patient relationship.