Brain Tumor Treatment

Treatment depends on tumor size, type, growth rate, brain location, and your general health. Treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted  treatment or a combination thereof.

Brain tumors are treated with surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Your treating doctor will make assessment and recommend appropriate treatment plan you.

it's important to start treatment as quickly as possible. Planning brain tumor treatment can be complex and might take some time, depending on the type and stage of your cancer. Consult with your doctor immediately. 

Patients may experience difficulties with their communication, concentration, memory, and their personality may change. These difficulties may affect a patient's ability to work or go about his/her daily life, and they do not always go away. This can cause stress for both the patient and his or her family.

A brain surgery is done to treat the brain and its parts. There can be various types of brain surgeries:

• Craniotomy - This involves creating an incision for a bone flap for removing tumours, aneurysm, or abnormal brain tissues.
• Biopsy - This involves removing a small part of brain tissue to examine under a microscope
• Minimally invasive endonasal endoscopic surgery - In this case, surgeons remove tumours or lesions through nose and sinus with the help of an endoscope.
• Minimally invasive neuroendoscopy - In this case, endoscopes are used to remove brain tumours
• Deep brain stimulation - This involves inserting a small electrode in your brain to send electrical signals

Generally, you may need to stay somewhere between 2-5 days in the hospital after the surgery.

Generally, you may need to stay somewhere between 2-5 days in the hospital after the surgery.

Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy, also called biological response modifier (BRM) therapy, is designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the tumor. It uses materials either made by the body or in a laboratory to improve, target, or restore immune system function.

Some brain tumors are low grade and grow very slowly and cannot be cured. It will depend on your tumor type, where it is in the brain, and how it responds to treatment.