Brain+Cancer


 * Brain Cancer**

1) The common and scientific name of the disease. Scientific Name: Brain Tumor/ Tumour 2) What causes it? How is it transmitted Brain Cancer is caused by many types of brain tissue, one of them is glial cells. It can be transmitted anywhere from the body and into the brain.

3) What are the symptoms? How long do they last? Is it deadly? Brain Cancer is caused when a tumor is pressed against a nerve. These symptoms would also be caused when the brains swells or fluids builds up within the skull. But these don’t lead to vomiting, headaches, vision or hearing. Brain Cancer would develop over time, when it starts to grow, it spreads deeply into the brain and it would surround the healthy brain tissues. If you usually have headaches, it would be worse than before, you would vomit, or you can’t speak or hear properly. Your vision would blur, and you would have problems balancing. Your legs and arms would get numb, and some problems with memory.

4) Can it be cured? If so, how? If not, is there any way that we can at least treat it? Brain Tumor can be treated with:


 * Radio Therapy
 * Surgical Resection
 * Chemotherapy

Radio Therapy is to control cell growth.

Surgical Resection is when a removal of a organ being cut away from the body and remained only the tissue. Chemotherapy is a treatment for cancer and you take drugs or combinations of drugs.

Bibliography:

Brain Cancer Symptoms http://www.emedicinehealth.com/brain_cancer/page3_em.htm#Brain Cancer Symptoms Retrieved on 18th Aug 2011

Chemoteraypy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy Retrieved on 18th Aug 2011

Resection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resection on 18th Aug 2011

Radiation Therapy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy on 18th Aug 2011

Brain Tumour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_tumor on 18th Aug 2011