May marks the recognition of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Since its establishment in 2008, community organizations and support groups celebrate this month with increased efforts to raise awareness of brain tumors, increase funding for research and educate the public on symptoms and treatment options.

1. Brain
Tumor
Awareness
Month
About
brain
tumors
and
treatment
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2. What is a Brain Tumor?
The
growth
of
abnormal
cells
in
the
3ssues
of
the
brain.
Brain
tumors
can
be
benign
(not
cancer)
or
malignant
(cancer).
• There
are
more
than
120
different
types
of
brain
tumors;
some
are
malignant
(cancer),
many
are
benign
(non-­‐cancerous).
• The
Central
Brain
Tumor
Registry
es?mates
66,290
new
cases
of
primary
non–malignant
and
malignant
brain
and
central
nervous
system
tumors
will
be
diagnosed
in
the
United
States
in
2012.
• A
large
number
of
brain
tumors
are
metasta3c.
Metasta?c
brain
tumors
begin
as
a
cancer
elsewhere
in
the
body
and
migrate,
or
metastasize,
to
the
brain.
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3. Symptoms of a Brain Tumor
No
screening
tests
exist
for
early
brain
tumor
detec?on.
These
tumors
can
be
hard
to
diagnose
some?mes,
as
their
symptoms
mimic
other
diseases.
Common
symptoms
of
brain
tumors:
• New
or
increasingly
severe
headaches
• Changes
in
vision
• Nausea
or
vomi?ng
• Abnormal
fa?gue
• Tremors
or
seizures
• Speech
problems
• Memory
loss
• Personality
changes
• Weakness
on
one
side
of
the
body
• Sudden
facial
paralysis
• Impaired
sense
of
balance
and
problems
with
spa?al
orienta?on
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4. How are brain tumors treated?
There
are
several
treatment
op?ons
available
for
those
diagnosed
with
brain
tumors,
including
chemotherapy,
radia?on
therapy,
conven?onal
surgery
and
stereotac?c
radiosurgery.
Radia?on
Therapy:
Usually
a
Chemotherapy:
Usually
administered
secondary
treatment
following
surgery.
as
a
secondary
treatment
following
Can
be
noninvasive
or
invasive
and
surgery
or
radia?on
therapy.
possibly
damage
normal
cells
as
well
as
cancer
cells.
Conven?onal
Surgery:
Open
surgery
can
benefit
pa?ents
with
a
Stereotac?c
Radiosurgery:
single
metasta?c
brain
tumor
that
can
Delivers
precisely
targeted,
high-­‐dose
be
safely
accessed
and
who
don’t
have
radia?on
to
brain
tumors
and
lesions
cancer
elsewhere
in
the
body.
without
surgery
or
seda?on.
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5. How can I help?
• Educate
Yourself:
Learn
more
about
brain
tumors
and
treatment
op?ons
• Get
Ac?ve:
Find
a
walk,
run,
or
other
community
event
in
support
of
brain
tumor
research.
• Speak
Up:
Tweet,
update
your
status,
or
talk
to
friends
about
brain
tumor
awareness.
Visit
the
Na?onal
Brain
Tumor
Society
or
the
American
Brain
Tumor
Associa?on
for
more
informa?on.
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6. Our Center
Illinois
CyberKnife
is
part
of
Advocate
Lutheran
General
Hospital’s
renowned
Cancer
Care
Center,
located
in
the
Center
for
Advanced
Care
on
the
hospital’s
campus
in
the
Chicago
suburb
of
Park
Ridge.
Illinois
CyberKnife
frequently
treats
brain
tumors
and
brain
metastases.
Call
or
visit
the
website
to
learn
more
about
CyberKnife
treatment
for
brain
tumors.
Medical
Director:
Dr.
Arica
Hirsch
CyberKnife
Nurse:
Linda
Green,
BS
RN
Medical
Physicist:
Tony
Simon
Connect
with
us
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