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Best Hospital for Brain Tumours in Warangal

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Department of Brain Tumours

Brain tumours are often classified as

  • Primary ( cancer that starts in the brain ),
  • Secondary or metastasis ( cancer starts somewhere else like skin-melanoma, lung, breast, kidney and bowel and spreads to the brain ) this type is more common than primary.

They are more common in men than women and can affect people of any age. 

Risk Factors for Brain Tumors

  • Radiation therapy 
  • Family history
  • Chemical exposure
  • Immunocompromised states

Symptoms

Brain tumours cause symptoms by raised pressure inside the skull (intracranial pressure) such as :

  • Headaches
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Confusion And Irritability
  • Blurred Or Double Vision
  • Seizures
  • Drowsiness
  • Weakness In Parts of The Body
  • Poor Coordination
  • Loss of Consciousness
  • Difficulty Speaking

Investigations

  • CT scan Brain
  • MRI Brain
  • PET scan

Treatment

  • Surgery
  • Radiation therapy
  • Stereotactic  Radiosurgery (Linear accelerator radiosurgery, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, Proton radiosurgery)
  • Chemotherapy
  • Targeted therapy

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