Brain Cancer

Also called: Glioma, MeningiomaThere are two main types of brain cancer. Primary brain cancer starts in the brain. Metastatic brain cancer starts somewhere else in the body and moves to the brain. Brain tumors can be benign, with no cancer cells, or malignant, with cancer cells that grow quickly.Brain tumors can cause many symptoms. Some of the most common areHeadaches, usually worse in the morningNausea and vomitingChanges in your ability to talk, hear or seeProblems with balance or walkingProblems with thinking or memoryMuscle jerking or twitchingNumbness or tingling in arms or legsNo one knows the exact causes of brain tumors. Doctors can seldom explain why one person develops a brain tumor and another does not.National Cancer InstituteStart HereBrain Cancer(Patient Education Institute)Also available in SpanishWhat You Need to Know about Brain Tumors(National Cancer Institute)