Just the Facts-Brain Tumors

Posted 05-19-2010 11:23 pm by
Brain tumors usually happen in adults ages 35 an older.  Each year about 180,000 adults are found to have a brain tumor.  There are different types of brain tumors.  As a matter of fact, there are over 100 types of brain tumors.

1. The most common brain tumors are cancers from other parts of the body (i.e. lung, breast, colon or prostate) that spreads to the brain.
2. Primary brain tumors originate in the brain and there are over 126 such tumors listed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
3. Giloma is the commonest primary brain tumor and originates from supporting brain cells that are called glial cells and 50% of all brain tumors begin as benign tumors.
4. Another b rain tumor called Astrocytomas are so named because their cells look like stars; the word 'astro' in Latin means "star".
5. A primary brain tumor usually is restricted to the brain and does not spread to other organs.  If brain death occurs in these patients, it is possible to donate their organs.
6. In most instances the cause of brain tumor is not known and they do not discriminate among gender, class or ethnicity.
7. Each year approximately 200,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with metastatic or primary brain tumors.
8. Common Symptoms of a brain tumor include headaches, seizures, personality changes, eye weakness, nausea or vomiting, speech disturbances and memory loss.
9. The survival from brain tumor at five years is approximately 30%

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