A brain tumor is a mass of unnecessary cells growing in the brain.
Symptoms can include:
- Persistent headaches
- Double or blurred vision
- Vomiting
- Loss of appetite
- Changes in mood and personality
- Changes in ability to think and learn
- New seizures
- Speech difficulty of gradual onset
Tumors can be primary, meaning they started in the brain, or metastatic, meaning the tumor began as cancer elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain. A benign (non-cancerous) tumor is very slow-growing and rarely spreads. A malignant (cancerous) tumor is usually rapid-growing and invasive.
SSM Neurosciences Institute offers a variety of advanced diagnostic tools to help pinpoint the tumor, determine whether it is growing in size, perform tissue biopsies and remove or treat tumors.
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