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Introduction of Brain Tumor Cancer Treatment in Houston

Cancer hospital in Houston offers a brain cancer treatment with an award-winning cancer specialist in Houston. For a brain tumor, Houston cancer hospital’s oncologist creates a team with the different oncologist and makes an opinion to provide the best treatment. Cancer treatment centers in Houston teams include a variety of other health care professionals, oncology nurses, social workers, pharmacists, counselors, dietitians, and others.<br>Learn more about brain tumor or cancer, types of brain cancer, symptoms of brain cancer, causes of brain cancer, Stages of brain cancer, Treatment, and a side-effect of brain cancer and important precaution of brain cancer with cancer center in Houston Texas.<br>

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Introduction of Brain Tumor Cancer Treatment in Houston

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  1. Brain Cancer University Cancer Centers

  2. Introduction- Brain Cancer Brain cancer includes primary tumor in the brain, part of the central nervous system, Brain gives the command and takes control of every part of the body including speech movements of the body, feeling, memory, vision, hearing and everything that do our body. Brain cancer includes a primary tumor in the brain, this types of tumor not spread to others parts, only travel distance to brain then called brain tumor and secondary tumor (metastases) is another part of the body and it can spread anywhere in the body. A metastatic brain tumor is common as a primary brain tumor. Some cancer cells spread to the brain, lung, colon, kidney, and breast etc affected.

  3. Types of Brain Cancer Brain tumor is known as abnormal growth of cells in brain. There are over 120 different types of brain tumors cancer. One of the most common types of brain tumor called as gliomas. • Abnormal growth of cells in brain form brain tumor, but not all tumor have cancer. Malignant tumor form brain cancer. • Growth rate of Malignant tumor so fast and its spread. aggressively, overpowering healthy cells by taking their space, blood, and nutrients and also spread to another part of the body and disturbance the control power of brain. • Tumors do not affect to nearby part of body and spread to another part it called benign. • Benign tumor is less powerful to malignant tumor but benign tumor affect many problem in the brain.

  4. Stages of Brain Cancer • Doctors used TNM (Tumor, Node, Metastasis)system to specify stages of cancer. • T – T denotes the size of tumor or cancer • N – N denotes the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes • M – M denotes the cancer has spread to the another parts of body. • Number Staging system used by TNM system • Stage 1 – In this stage size of cancer is small and it obtain in organ. • Stage 2 – In this stage size of cancer is larger than stage 1 cancer and not spread to another part of body. • Stage 3 – In this stage cancer size is larger than stage 2 and also spread to lymph of the body. • Stage 4 – In this stage cancer is larger and spread to another part of the body.

  5. Symptoms of Brain Cancer Many brain tumor are not causes any symptoms such types of tumor only find with the test of CT Scan or MRI but at other side symptoms of brain cancer is very common to the patient such as • Headache • Weakness • Clumsiness • Difficulty walking • Seizures • Sensory • Deep venous thrombosis • Hearing loss • Fatigue • Depression • Behavioral and cognitive • Endocrine dysfunction • Change in personality • Hormonal disorders • Vision loss • And many more……..

  6. Treatment of Brain Cancer • In brain cancer different types of oncologist meet together and create a same opinion to provide a best treatment. There are following older & modern treatment therapy such as. • Surgery • Radiation therapy • Chemotherapy • Targeted therapy • Tumor Treating Fields • But treatment of brain tumor is based on many factors- • Survivors age, overall health, and medical history • Tumor- Type, Size, Location • How tumor is spread • Tolerance range of survivors

  7. Side-effect of Brain Cancer A side-effect of brain cancer treatment is a long term effect, but not for everyone. Radiation therapy is basically best treatment for brain cancer but also have many long term & short term side-effect. Every oncologist is unable to say who’s have which side-effect but radiation therapy side-effect only for these areas where it treated. • Some Side-effect start after few weeks of treatment these are- • Overeating • Sleepiness • Lack of energy • Some Side-effect in brain function • Confusion • Unable to thinking clearly • Headaches

  8. Thank You…… If you see any symptoms, please schedule an appointment with cancer specialist to secure your life and help cancer survivor’s to fight with cancer…..

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