Diagnostic Tests
When a brain tumor is suspected or confirmed, your doctor will have you undergo one or more tests to diagnose or monitor it. Tests may also help determine effective treatments. The most effective test to …
November 9, 2016
When a brain tumor is suspected or confirmed, your doctor will have you undergo one or more tests to diagnose or monitor it. Tests may also help determine effective treatments. The most effective test to …
November 9, 2016
It is important to know where the tumor is located within the brain so you can understand what symptoms or changes may occur. Changes can be due to the impact of the tumor itself or …
November 9, 2016
Chemotherapy is drug treatment for cancers or tumors. The goal of chemotherapy is to kill as many of the tumor cells as possible and to put remaining tumor cells into a non-dividing, sleeping state for as …
October 18, 2016
Radiation is a common treatment for brain tumors and can be used alone or combined with surgery and/or chemotherapy. Three delivery options exist for radiation therapy: External delivery Traditional form of radiation therapy. Directs radiation …
October 18, 2016
Follow-up care involves regular medical checkups that include a review of a patient’s medical history, physical exam, and brain scans (usually MRIs). In general, most patients with a brain tumor return to their doctor for …
October 13, 2016
It is critical to remove as much of the brain tumor as possible, while not damaging healthy tissue. Brain tumor surgery is most successful when it is performed by a neurosurgeon with a great deal …
October 11, 2016
Even when treatment has finished, there is always a chance the tumor will come back or recur. Most commonly, the regrowth occurs in the same spot as the first tumor. But it is possible for …
October 4, 2016
An initial brain tumor diagnosis confronts you with difficult decisions, from making sense of your situation to deciding who you can trust to help you from a medical perspective. It can feel like time and …
August 21, 2016