Myths about Brain Tumors

  • You can get brain tumors from the radiation that cellphone emits.

  • All brain tumors are cancerous.

  • All brain tumors are deadly.

  • Brain tumors always originates in the brain.

  • Brain Tumors run in family

  • Brain tumors never occur in young people

  • Life style modification can prevent brain tumors.

  • All Brain tumor patients have similar clinical features (Sign of Symptoms).

  • Tratment of Brain Tumor is fix with standard protocols & it is accessible to anyone affected.

  • Frequent headache is always associated with brain tumour.

  • Brain tumor always carry poor prognosis & very less life expectancy.

  • Brain tumor is a rare form cancer.

Myths about brain tumor

A small attempt to resolve myths about brain tumor on occasion of ” World brain tumor day” by Dr. Kairav Shah Stay healthy and happy.

Posted by Neurokalp on Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Brain tumors are relatively common entity in the modern world of imaging modalities they can be cancerous (Malignant) & Non cancerous(Benign). Brain tumor is very common form of cancers in children. Brain tumour can be primary or secondary ( in which it arises in some other part of body & spreads to brain. Benign or non cancerous tumours like meningiomas have very good prognosis & patients have almost normal life expectary. Brain tumors never run in family, they never occur because of cellphone use, there is no fix treatment for every tumour, Clinical features ranging from headache, vomiting, bluring of vision decrease hearing, weakness of limbs, loss of speech, fits or convulsion, altrtrel behaviour etc.. It is variable in all patients, In modern era with the help of microscope, CUSA, intr op ultrasound & awake creniotomy, total resection of tumour is possible without any additional deficit & we @ NeuroKalp are committed to give the best result & maximum satisfection to our patients. We have more than 3700 patients with successful brain & spine surgeries.

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