Brain Tumour Specialists in Pathardi, Nashik, Maharashtra

What is Brain Tumour?

A brain tumour is an abnormal mass of cells growing within the brain or its surrounding structures, which can be benign, such as meningioma, or malignant, such as glioblastoma. Primary brain tumours originate directly from brain tissue, while secondary or metastatic tumours spread to the brain from cancers elsewhere in the body such as the lung or breast. Because the skull is a fixed space, even benign tumours can cause serious symptoms simply by increasing pressure within the brain or displacing surrounding structures. Symptoms depend heavily on the tumour's size and specific location within the brain.

Causes of Brain Tumour

The exact cause of most primary brain tumours is unknown, but risk factors include prior exposure to ionizing radiation, certain inherited genetic syndromes such as neurofibromatosis, and a family history of brain tumours. Metastatic brain tumours result from cancer cells spreading through the bloodstream from a primary cancer elsewhere, most commonly lung, breast, or melanoma. Genetic mutations that drive uncontrolled cell division underlie the tumour's growth.

Symptoms of Brain Tumour

Persistent or worsening headaches, especially in the morning, seizures, nausea and vomiting, progressive weakness or numbness on one side of the body, vision or speech changes, personality or cognitive changes, difficulty with balance and coordination, drowsiness or confusion

Treatment & Types of Brain Tumour in Pathardi, Nashik, Maharashtra

Treatment depends on tumour type, size, and location, and may involve surgical removal to relieve pressure and obtain tissue for diagnosis, followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy for malignant tumours. Targeted therapies and, in select cases, newer approaches like tumour-treating fields are used for specific tumour types. Supportive care including anti-seizure medications and corticosteroids to reduce brain swelling is often needed alongside definitive treatment.

Brain tumours are classified as benign (such as meningioma, which doesn't spread but can still cause serious symptoms by pressing on brain structures) or malignant (such as glioblastoma, which grows aggressively and can spread within the brain), and further divided into primary tumours originating in the brain itself versus secondary (metastatic) tumours that have spread from cancer elsewhere in the body, most often the lung or breast.

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