What are the first signs of a brain tumor?
Today, patients with brain tumor specific complaints and findings apply to physicians in neurologic branches. What these physicians do; Brain tumor diagnosis can be made quickly and easily with a good history, neurological examination and related imaging methods (CT, MRI). In the treatment, the physician who performs brain tumor surgery decides which treatment (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy) is appropriate as a result of the council consultation with all the data of the patient with other physicians (radiation oncologist, medical oncologist, pathologist, radiologist). If the surgical treatment method is performed in experienced hands in benign tumors, if the entire tumor is removed, the result of the operation is excellent. Surgical treatment results are good-excellent in slow-growing tumors.
The aim of all 3 treatment methods in rapidly growing malignant tumors is to prolong the life span. Surgical treatment today, the results of the surgeries performed in advanced centers equipped with high technologies and in experienced hands are excellent. As a result, the treatment of brain tumor should not be feared, but should be feared before it is too late for diagnosis. By going to an experienced neurosurgeon who can make a brain tumor, the operation time for the brain tumor is shortened and the patient can return to work earlier.
What are the most common symptoms of brain tumors?
- Headache (especially at night)
- Nausea, vomiting, double vision, blurred vision
- Fainting (episodic seizures)
- Balance and gait disorders
- Numbness, tingling, or loss of strength in the arms and legs
- Forgetfulness, personality disorders, speech disorders
