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THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HAVING A
BRAIN TUMOR BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH By: Ari Thomas 11/19/14
BENIGN BRAIN TUMOR
● A benign brain tumor is a noncancerous type of tumor that grows slowly. It is a mass of cells in the brain.
● It usually stays in one place it does not go to other places in the body.
● A benign brain tumor is a type of tumor that doesn't doesn't follow normal cell division
BENIGN BRAIN TUMOR SYMPTOMS
● The symptoms of a benign brain tumor depend on the size of the tumor and where it is located in the brain.
● This type of tumor can prevent any area of the brain from functioning.
● The tumor worsens negative symptoms by pushing down on the brain which then gives the patient headaches, seizures, or worse.
MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR ● Malignant brain tumors are the type that is
cancerous which is even more serious compared to having a benign brain tumor.
● As benign brain tumors are grade 1 or 2 of tumors well malignant brain tumors are way more serious because they are either grade 3 or 4.
● In a lot of cases the cancer spreads from one part of the body and then moves to the brain.
BRAIN TUMOR CAUSES
● Today no one know what actually causes brain tumors researchers are still finding out more about what is causing it.
● As I said it is known today about malignant brain tumors.
● A brain tumor can be caused by people who work in industries where there is chemicals that build up on brain tumors overtime.
BRAIN TUMOR EFFECTS● Brain tumors affect people in a lot of areas
especially the the area that is the most affected is the area on where the tumor is.
● Brain tumors can affect people’s speech and cognitive ability mostly.
● It also affects the way somewhat on how the person walks and somewhat moves around especially if the tumor was on the spinal cord.
BRAIN TUMOR DIAGNOSIS
● The way of how a brain tumor gets diagnosed is by MRI or either CT Scan.
● A neurological examination is also done to find out more if the patient actually has the tumor inside of them.
● PET Scans are somewhat the most helpful type of treatment is because they can detect easily of the cells are still growing.
BRAIN TUMOR TREATMENT
● Surgery is one major type of treatment for people with brain tumors.
● Another type of treatment for people is chemotherapy which involves drugs to fight off the cancer cells.
● Another type of treatment involves radation therapy which damages cancer cells from growing.
RADIATION TREATMENT
● The purpose of radiation therapy is for the tumor to shrink in size and the cancer cells to get damaged.
● This type of treatment is somewhat helpful but it can be dangerous when it takes into effect.
● Some people who have been through radiation therapy can feel a difference.
CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS
● Today there are so many chemotherapy drugs that are used for helping people with brain tumors.
● They are many ways on how the drugs take into effect when it is delivered into the body.
● These type of drugs are used to stop tumors from duplicating and this will eventually lead to what is called cell death.
