Brain tumors can appear to be a lethal ailment for many and scare the hell out of them. However, with the advent of highly advanced and state of art treatment options available in the market, more and more patients suffering from the same can get a sigh of relief. The modern day treatment options liberate the people suffering this menace with great ease and professionalism. However, when it comes to talking about the causes of brain tumor, it is mostly unknown and the researchers are only able to establish certain risk factors through their research. The kids who are seen receiving the radiation a lot to the head have the risk of developing a brain tumor unlike the adults as they have certain rare kind of genetic conditions like neurofibromatosis or Li-Fraumeni syndrome. As per reports, more than 35,000 new primary brain tumors are diagnosed every year and age also plays a vital reason to the same. Both kids and people above the age of 65 is nown to have diagnosed with brain cancer. As per the figures of The National Cancer Institute about 23,380 new cases of brain cancer diagnosed in 2014 alone.

Understanding Brain Tumor 

A tumor can be called as a mass of tissue, which is seen getting formed by accumulation of abnormal cells. Generally, the cells in body age and die, and are seen getting replaced by new cells. With cancer and several other tumors are seen disrupting this cycle. And the Tumor cells grow, even though we may find the body that doesn’t really need them, and unlike the normal old cells, they do not die. As this process is seen proceeding the tumor is seen getting continued to grow as more and more cells are seen piling up to this mass. Talking about the brain tumor, it is called as mass or growth of abnormal cells, which are seen close in tandem to your brain that can be noncancerous (benign) or the cancerous (malignant). The brain tumors can be noncancerous in your brain or can be cancerous found in other parts of your body and thus are seen spread to your brain. And talking about the primary brain tumor, it is one, which is seen getting originating in the brain itself and not all primary brain tumors tend to be cancerous; benign tumors are not aggressive and usually do not spread to the surrounding tissues although they can be serious and even life threatening.

Types of brain tumors treated by spine & neurosurgeons

The following are the brain tumors treated by spine & neurosurgeons, which can be enlisted as under:

• Malignant Glioma cells
• Gliomas. These tumors begin in the brain or spinal cord, these can include astrocytomas, ependymomas, glioblastomas, oligoastrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas.
• Metastases. These are malignant tumors, which have spread to the brain from cancers elsewhere in the body
• Meningiomas. These tumors arises from membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord which are mostly noncancerous.
• Acoustic neuroma (schwannoma): These are benign tumors, which get developed on the hearing nerves leading from your inner ear to your brain.

The others that can be treated under this category include Pituitary adenomas, Medulloblastomas, Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs), medulloblastoma, Germ cell tumors and Craniopharyngiomas.

Treatment – Brain Tumors

When it comes to treatment, it is often the blend of many things including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery.  For the patients with seizure are required to be given with the anticonvulsant medication. One may find the dexamethasone and furosemide that can be employed in order to reduce the swellings found around the tumor. One may find some of the tumors growing slowly, needing things like monitoring and possibly no intervention in person's lifetime. The result to these treatment options often varies from one patient to the other depending upon the kind of tumor and how far it has spread during the time of diagnosis. The patients with conditions like Glioblastomas are known to have poor outcomes whereas the meningiomas usually have good results.

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