Brain Cancer Awareness Webinar

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What is brain cancer?
Brain cancers include primary brain tumors, which start in the brain and almost never spread to other parts of the body, and secondary tumors (or metastases), which are caused by cancers that began in another part of the body.

There are more than 40 major types of brain tumors, which are grouped into two main types:

benign - slow-growing and unlikely to spread. Common types are meningiomas, neuromas, pituitary tumors, and craniopharyngiomas.
malignant - cancerous and able to spread into other parts of the brain or spinal cord. Common types include astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastomas, and mixed gliomas.
It is estimated that 1896 new cases of brain cancer will be diagnosed in Australia in 2021.

The five-year survival rate for brain cancer is 22%.

Brain cancer symptoms
Headaches are often the first symptom of a brain tumor. The headaches can be mild, severe, persistent, or come and go. A headache isn't always a brain tumor but if you're worried, be sure to see your GP.

Other symptoms include:

seizures: severe (e.g. a convulsion) or mild (a fleeting disturbance of awareness, sensation or jerking muscles)

- Weakness or paralysis in part of the body

- Loss of balance

- general irritability, drowsiness or a change in personality

- Nausea and vomiting

- Disturbed vision, hearing, smell or taste.

Causes :

Some factors that can increase your risk of brain cancer include:

some brain and spinal cord tumors are more common in people with certain inherited or genetic conditions

people exposed to very high doses of radiation to the head.

Treatment :

Brain tumors may be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or steroid therapy, or a combination of these treatments.

Some tumors can be removed completely by surgery (craniotomy). Post-operative radiotherapy improves local control and survival. For glioblastomas, temozolomide may be added during or after radiotherapy to further improve outcomes.

If a tumor cannot be removed, the aim of treatment is to slow growth and relieve symptoms by shrinking the tumour and any swelling around it. Treatment options include radiation therapy with or without temozolomide.

About Friends of Cancer Patients:

Founded in 1999, FOCP was established to help alleviate the financial and emotional burden that cancer often imposes on patients and their families, and to promote awareness about the six early detectable forms of the disease; breast, cervical, prostate, skin, testicular, and colorectal cancers. Apart from its awareness role, FOCP is committed to providing moral and financial support to thousands of patients and their families of all ages and nationalities across the UAE
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