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What to know about brain tumors This consumer article explains the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of brain tumors. INTRODUCTION Each year I feel that more than 17,000 people in the United States are suffering from brain tumors. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has created this booklet to help patients, their families and friends better understand brain tumors. We also want others to read it to learn more about these tumors. This booklet explains the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors.

Brain tumor is the proliferation of abnormal cells in brain tissue. Brain tumor is benign, there are no cancer cells or malignant tumors, and cancer cells rapidly proliferate. There is also a primary brain tumor derived from the brain. Others are metastatic, moving from the rest of the body to the brain. The doctor diagnoses the brain tumor through examination such as neurological examination, MRI, CT scan, biopsy and so on. Treatment options include observation wait, surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. Targeted therapy uses substances that attack cancer cells without harming normal cells. Many people receive various treatments

How to treat brain metastasis? The main treatments for brain metastasis are surgery, radiation therapy, and drug therapy. The type of treatment depends on several factors such as the type of primary cancer being diagnosed, the number of tumors and the position in the brain, the genetic change seen in cancer cells, general human health, Depends on. Factors Patients may consider examining clinical trials. Patients normally receive steroids to help reduce swelling

Radiation therapy Pediatric or adult radiation oncologists treat brain and spinal cord to kill cancer cells using high energy radiation (such as X-rays or proton beams). Standard radiotherapy can be used, but proton therapy - available in a limited number of major healthcare centers in the United States - minimizes radiation exposure to nearby healthy tissue and allows for brain tumor Provide higher target radiation dose. Chemotherapy Chemotherapy uses medication to kill tumor cells. Usually, medulloblastoma children and adults intravenously (intravenous chemotherapy) these drugs. Chemotherapy is recommended at the same time as surgery or radiation therapy, or in some cases with radiation therapy. In some cases, stem cell rescue (stem cell transplantation using patient's own stem cells) is possible after using high-dose chemotherapy.