About brain tumours
Brain tumours can be primary or secondary.
* Primary brain tumours originate in your brain.
* Secondary brain tumours are tumours that have spread to your brain from a cancer in another part of your body, for example, from tumours that originally started in your lung or breast.
Types of primary brain tumour
There are many types of primary brain tumour, and they are generally named after the type of brain cells that they contain.
Symptoms of brain tumours
* being or feeling sick
* blurred vision
* drowsiness
* changes in personality, memory or mental ability
* weakness on one side of the body
* difficulties with speaking
* problems with hearing
* problems with sense of smell
Primary Brain Tumors
Primary tumors start in the brain, whereas secondary tumors spread to the brain from another site such as the breast or lung.
A secondary (metastatic) brain tumor occurs when cancer cells spread to the brain from a primary cancer in another part of the body. Secondary tumors are about three times more common than primary tumors of the brain.
Brain tumours can be primary or secondary.
* Primary brain tumours originate in your brain.
* Secondary brain tumours are tumours that have spread to your brain from a cancer in another part of your body, for example, from tumours that originally started in your lung or breast.
Types of primary brain tumour
There are many types of primary brain tumour, and they are generally named after the type of brain cells that they contain.
Symptoms of brain tumours
* being or feeling sick
* blurred vision
* drowsiness
* changes in personality, memory or mental ability
* weakness on one side of the body
* difficulties with speaking
* problems with hearing
* problems with sense of smell
Primary Brain Tumors
Primary tumors start in the brain, whereas secondary tumors spread to the brain from another site such as the breast or lung.
A secondary (metastatic) brain tumor occurs when cancer cells spread to the brain from a primary cancer in another part of the body. Secondary tumors are about three times more common than primary tumors of the brain.
Surgery
Surgery is likely to be your first treatment option.
Surgery is likely to be your first treatment option.
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