How can Brain Cancer prevented?

Sorry but there is no guarantee that brain cancer can be prevented. But the chances of getting brain cancer can be decreased, this is called a brain cancer protective factor. A brain cancer protective factor is when you avoid a brain cancer risk factor. Ways to decrease the risk of brain cancer are: not living to long(so brain cancer chance to start is limited), and avoid dangerous chemicals or radiation(can screw your nervous system up). But besides that there is no guarantee to preventing brain cancer.

Who Can Get This Cancer?

Just about anyone at any given second. Like right now you might have a brain tumor and might not know it before it's too late, just like other cancers. Brain cancer mostly affects two different age groups: children below age 15 and adults over 65. Brain cancer is 5% due to hereditary factors. Brain cancer is increasing, but only because people are living longer. Currently, scientists do not know how to prevent brain cancer.

The Prognosis to a Brain Cancer

The prognosis will help in stopping the return of a cancer to the patient who once encountered it. Factors in the prognosis that are needed to be known of the cancer is what type, where it is located, and the size of the tumor. The stage in which the brain cancer is, how fast the cancer is capable of spreading, age of person, and health of person are also needed in prognosis of brain cancer. Remember a prognosis is only a prediction on how the brain cancer could be treated.

Methods of Treatment

People with brain cancer has several treatment options. One treatment is surgery which is the usual treatment for most brain tumors. The surgery involves opening up the skull and removing most if not all of the tumor. Another method is radiation therapy. It uses high-energy rays to kill tumor cells. The radiation may come from x-rays, gamma rays, or protons. Another method of treating brain cancer is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill tumor cells.  The drug will enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body.

Causes of Brain Tumors

No one knows the exact cause of brain tumors but it is clear that brain tumors are not contagious. Research have shown that certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop a brain tumor. A risk factor is anything that increases the chances of someone developing a disease. Some risk factors that increases the chance of developing a brain tumor are: being male because brain tumors are more common in males, age because people who are older have a greater chance of having a brain tumor, family history because if a family member in the past had gliomas then they're more likely to develop the disease.

Symptoms of Brain Tumors

The symptoms of tumors depends on the size and location. Symptoms may be cause when the tumor damages a certain area of the brain. The most common symptoms are: Headaches, Nausea or vomiting, changes in speech, vision, or hearing, problems walking, changes in mood or personality, problems with memory, muscle jerking or twitching, numbness or tingling in the arms or legs. These symptoms are not sure signs that you may have a brain tumor so you don't have to be worried right away. See a doctor if you have any of these symptoms.