SERAMBINEWS.COM – Find out more about brain tumors, from symptoms of brain tumors to how to treat brain tumors.
Brain tumors are abnormal cell growths in the brain.
Reporting from Mayo Clinic, brain tumors can be benign to malignant.
Brain tumors that are noncancerous are known as benign brain tumors.
Meanwhile, cancerous brain tumors are known as malignant brain tumors.
The level of malignancy of the brain tumor affects the fast or slow growth of the tumor.
As the tumor mass grows bigger and invades a certain location, symptoms of disease begin to appear because the nervous system is also affected.
Here are some early symptoms of a brain tumor to watch out for:
1. Headache
Headaches are an early symptom of a brain tumor that affects about 50 percent of sufferers.
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