cancer of the central information processing center of the body.tumors in the brain can be malignant...

BRAIN CANCER

NAZIAH BINTI MUHD NADIR ANSARINUR AZLIENA MOHD ALI

RAJESWARI SANDARA SAGARENGEETHA SUPRAMANIAM

DEFINITION

Cancer of the central information processing center of thebody.Tumors in the brain can be malignant or benign,andcan occur at any age.Only malignant tumors are cancerous.Primary brain tumors cancer initially forms in the brain tissue.Secondry brain tumors cancers are cancers that have spread to the brain tissue(metastasized)from elsewhere in the body.Secondry brain cancer is named for the organ to tissue in which the cancer begins,such as lung cancer with secondry brain metastasis

SYMPTOMSFrequent headache

Nausea

vomiting

Changes in ability to think and learnLoss of appetite

CAUSES

Chemist and embalmers

Radiation

heredity

TREATMENTSurgery•Used when possible to treat adult brain cancer

Radiation therapy•Is a cancer treatment uses high-enegy X-raysof radiation to kill cancer cells

Chemotherapy•Is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to skip the growth of cancer cells ,either by killing the cells or stopping the cells from dividing.•It is taken by mouth or injected into vein or muscle

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BRAIN CANCER

REFERENCES

Internet or website•www.apjohncancerinstitue.org

Books•Principles of NeuropsychologyAuthor by Eric A.Zillmer,Mary V.Spiers,William C.Culbertson

•Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated(Fifth edition)Author by Kennethh W Lindsay,Ian Bone,Geraint Fuller

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