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BRAIN CANCER TREATMENT

The human brain is the hub of the nervous system. The brain supervises and controls the actions and reactions of the body. It obtains sensory information rapidly analyzes such data and thereby controls the bodily functions.

What is Brain Tumour?

A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells within the brain or the central spinal canal. Brain tumors can crop up from the brain cells, the membranes around the brain (known as meninges), nerves, or glands. These damage produce inflammation and places pressure within the skull and compresses the brain tissues. All such tumours are intrinsically serious and life-threatening because of its insidious and infiltrative character in the intracranial cavity.
The sites of the tumour, the type of tissues involved are certain factors used to classify Brain tumors. They cab be cancerous or non-cancerous. Different types of brain tumors include:

  • Gliomas
  • Meningiomas
  • Ependymomas
  • Craniopharyngiomas
  • Pituitary tumors
  • Pineal gland tumors
  • Lymphoma of the brain
  • Prime germ cell tumors of the brain

Causes of Brain Tumour.

There are many possible risk factors that cause development of brain tumours.

  • Exposure to radiation.
  • Hereditary conditions augment the risk of brain tumors, including neurofibromatosis, Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, and Turcot syndrome. Brain Tumour Symptoms

The most universal symptoms are:

  • Plain Headaches or headaches accompanied by nausea, perplexity, double vision, weakness or lack of sensation.
  • Convulsions (especially in older adults)
  • Difficulty in walking, swallowing, smelling, speaking, reading or writing.
  • Dizziness or Vertigo
  • Eye abnormalities like drooling of eyes, Contraction or relaxation of Pupils, uncontrollable movements.
  • Shivering of hands
  • Lack of control over the bladder or bowels
  • Loss of sense of balance and coordination.
  • Weakness of muscles of face, arm, or leg (usually on just one side)
  • Personality, mood, behavioral, or emotional changes

Brain Tumour Diagnosis

The presence and location of Brain tumours can be confirmed from the following tests:

  • EEG (Electroencephalography )
  • MRI of the head
  • CT scan of the head
  • CT-guided biopsy (may confirm the exact type of tumor)
  • Assessment of the cerebral spinal fluid.

Brain Tumor Treatment

Treatment of brain tumours mainly depends upon the size and type of tumour along with the health status of the patient. Treatment of brain tumour can be done by the help of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
Surgery is required for most primary brain tumors. A few tumors can be completely removed but the ones that are deep inside the brain or have entered brain tissues are debulked. Debulking is the process of reducing the size of the tumour. Chemotherapy is sometimes used along with surgery or radiotherapy.

 
 

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