Explanation of Type of Cancer & Its Effect on Cell Growth
Brain cancer, usually referred to as a brain tumor by doctors, is an abnormal growth or collection of cells in the brain that can cause disruption of proper brain functions. The rapid and disorganized cell growth forms a mass of tissue which makes up the tumor. Possible Causes & Prevention
Causes of a brain tumor can include: other cancer spreading through your body, genetic diseases, exposure to radiation, and sometimes just your age puts you at risk. These are all the known causes. Prevention is very hard to define since the causes are uncontrollable but if u eat non processed foods filter your tap water and go to the doctor when needed your risk for any cancer …show more content…
Many treatments are hard on people's bodies. If your tumor is located in an accessible area surgery is an easy option. Radiation can be internal (in rare cases) or external but takes a high toll on your body and can be toxic. Radiosurgery is very powerful and is somewhat like radiation but it's only done once. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill the cancer, and targeted drug therapy uses drugs to focus on abnormalities caused by the tumor to kill it. The last treatment is medical marijuana and it's controversial but a study done at Complutense University of Madrid found it can help with pain and the THC in marijuana promotes death of cancer cells and can shrink brain tumors. Many people chose this because when surgery isn't an option it is a natural and non-toxic alternative to radiation with fewer side effects. Several factors help determine the prognosis such as the grade your health and age and how severe your symptoms are. Grade I is often cured with surgery as long as you're in good health and can undergo anesthesia. Grade 2 tumors can recur but are slow growing. In grade 3 brain cancer the brain tumor grows quickly, is likely to spread into nearby tissue and the tumor cells look very different from normal cells. In grade 4 the cancer cells are rapidly dividing and do not resemble normal cells this cancer usually ends in
Brain cancer, usually referred to as a brain tumor by doctors, is an abnormal growth or collection of cells in the brain that can cause disruption of proper brain functions. The rapid and disorganized cell growth forms a mass of tissue which makes up the tumor. Possible Causes & Prevention
Causes of a brain tumor can include: other cancer spreading through your body, genetic diseases, exposure to radiation, and sometimes just your age puts you at risk. These are all the known causes. Prevention is very hard to define since the causes are uncontrollable but if u eat non processed foods filter your tap water and go to the doctor when needed your risk for any cancer …show more content…
Many treatments are hard on people's bodies. If your tumor is located in an accessible area surgery is an easy option. Radiation can be internal (in rare cases) or external but takes a high toll on your body and can be toxic. Radiosurgery is very powerful and is somewhat like radiation but it's only done once. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill the cancer, and targeted drug therapy uses drugs to focus on abnormalities caused by the tumor to kill it. The last treatment is medical marijuana and it's controversial but a study done at Complutense University of Madrid found it can help with pain and the THC in marijuana promotes death of cancer cells and can shrink brain tumors. Many people chose this because when surgery isn't an option it is a natural and non-toxic alternative to radiation with fewer side effects. Several factors help determine the prognosis such as the grade your health and age and how severe your symptoms are. Grade I is often cured with surgery as long as you're in good health and can undergo anesthesia. Grade 2 tumors can recur but are slow growing. In grade 3 brain cancer the brain tumor grows quickly, is likely to spread into nearby tissue and the tumor cells look very different from normal cells. In grade 4 the cancer cells are rapidly dividing and do not resemble normal cells this cancer usually ends in