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
Primary brain tumors are named according to the type of cells or by the part of the brain where it originates. There are more than 120 different types of brain tumors, making it difficult 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
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
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