Brain Tumour Treatment at Best Cancer Hospital India

What is Brain Tumor?

A Brain Tumor is an abnormal growth of cells within the brain, which can be cancerous or non-cancerous (benign).

Causes:

• Radiation to the head

• An inherited (genetic) risk

• HIV infection

• Cigarette smoking

• Environmental toxins (for example, chemicals used in oil refineries, embalming chemicals, rubber industry chemicals

• Low blood pressure and Eye problems

• Obesity

• Sensitivity to heat or cold

• Changes in the person’s mental function

• Headaches, Seizures, Clumsiness and Dizzines

• Weakness in one part of the body

• Change in alertness (including sleepiness, unconsciousness, and coma)

• Changes in hearing, taste or smell and ability to feel pain, pressure, different temperatures, or other stimuli

• Confusion or Memory loss

• Difficulty swallowing, writing or reading

• Lack of control over the bladder or bowels

• Loss of balance, coordination

• Numbness or tingling on one side of the body

• Personality, mood, behavior, or emotional changes

• Trouble speaking or understanding others who are speaking and walking

• Abnormal nipple discharge

• Absent menstruation (periods)

• Enlarged hands and feet, Excessive body hair and Facial changes

• Family history of brain tumors

• Exposure to Radiation

• Chemical exposure on the job

• Your race

• Your age

How is Brain Tumours Diagnosed?

• A Neurological Exam: A physician will assess the person’s symptoms by asking about the patient’s personal and family health history. This information combined with the neurological exam provides clues about whether a person might have brain tumours.

• Brain scans: To show abnormalities like a brain tumours, a contrast dye is often used. The dye is injected into a vein in the arm. A brain tumour generally soaks up more dye than normal brain tissue and shows up clearly on the scan in brain cancer treatment.

• CT Scans: CT scans are a type of X-ray that creates a three-dimensional picture of the head by scanning the head from multiple different angles. A computer combines these images into a detailed, cross-sectional view that shows abnormalities in the brain, or tumours.

• MRI Scans: The Best type of imaging to diagnose most types of brain tumours is MRI. These scans use magnetic fields and radio waves, rather than X-rays, and computers to create detailed pictures of the brain.

• PET Scans: A PET scan detects changes in cells as they grow. A small amount of radioactive glucose is injected. Depending on the grade on the tumour, tumour cells absorb a characteristic amount of the radioactive glucose in comparison to normal parts of the brain.

• Biopsy: A Biopsy is a surgical procedure to remove a small sample of the tumour for examination under a microscope. Most of the time, the biopsy is done during surgery to remove the brain tumor (called an open biopsy).

BEST BRAIN CANCER TREATMENT IN INDIA

Surgery:  In brain cancer treatment Surgery is often the first treatment if the tumour can be removed without causing harm to the surrounding brain tissue. Treatment of brain cancer is usually complex. Most treatment plans involve several consulting doctors. The team of doctors includes neurosurgeons (surgical specialists in the brain and nervous system), oncologists, radiation oncologists (doctors who practice radiation therapy), and of course, your primary health-care provider. A patient’s team may include a dietitian, a social worker, a physical therapist, and probably other specialists.

Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy is not used to treat all brain tumours. It may be used for people with high-grade primary brain tumours, either as an initial treatment alongside radiotherapy, or where the tumour has come back. In this situation, chemotherapy is unlikely to be able to cure a brain tumour, but it can sometimes shrink a tumour down or slow its growth, which can reduce symptoms.

Radiation therapy: Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) is the use of high-energy rays to kills tumour cells, thereby stopping them from growing and multiplying. Radiation therapy may be used for people who cannot undergo surgery. In other cases, it is used after surgery to kill any tumour calls that may remain. Radiation therapy is a local therapy. This means that it affects only cells in its path. It does not harm cells elsewhere in the body or even elsewhere in brain cancer treatment.