…after treatment. How common are brain tumours? Around 421 Queenslanders are diagnosed with malignant brain tumours every year and it can affect people at any age. Benign brain and spinal cord tumours are more common than malignant tumours. Risk factors…
…any young adult (18+) affected by a brain tumour can join. Attendance is free. The group was started because young people with brain tumour have different needs to older adults or children. The aim of the group is to understand,…
…threat to life. Whether benign or malignant, a diagnosis of brain tumour can leave a substantial psychological impact. It is important to acknowledge that no two people diagnosed with brain tumour will report the exact same experience, as everybody varies…
…brain tumour Paediatric brain tumours By Dr Rob Campbell and Dr Martin Wood, Brisbane Clinical Neuroscience Centre Tumours of the brain and spinal cord do not discriminate by age and whilst they occur much less commonly in children than…
…brain tumor originates in your brain. Many primary brain tumors are benign. A secondary brain tumor, also known as a metastatic brain tumor, occurs when cancer cells spread to your brain from another organ, such as your lung or breast….
…those that arise within the brain (so-called ‘intrinsic’, or ‘intra-axial’ brain tumours) and those that grow from structures close to, or around the brain (called ‘extrinsic’ or ‘extra-axial’). Let’s look at a few of the more common benign tumours that…
A type of benign brain tumour….
Join the family fun walk and put your foot down against brain cancer. Sunday, May 17, 2020 Register now The Walk The 6th annual Footprints for Brain Cancer is a 4km family fun walk held in support of Brain Cancer…
…39 and children under 10. Sadly, just 25 per cent of people diagnosed with a brain tumour survive for at least five years. The burden placed on patients and carers following a brain cancer diagnosis is significant – it is…
New study provides hope for children diagnosed with brain and spinal cancer, with improvements in treatments resulting in better survival since the early 1980s. Cancer Council Queensland researchers, in collaboration with clinicians from the Perth Children’s Hospital and the Queensland…