Brain Cancer

Exam Cram

• Brain cancers are most commonly metastatic but also include primary, such as meningiomas & astrocytoma

• Presentation: insidious focal neurology, seizures and raised ICP headache/ confusion

• Diagnosis: usually imaging (CT or MRI)

• Management: surgery for stage 1 primary brain cancers

Brain Cancers by Type

Meningiomas

• Slow growing

• Management options

  • Watch and wait

  • Surgical excision

Metastatic tumours to the brain

• Dexamethasone (4-8mg BD)

• Palliative chemotherapy

Lymphoma

Diffuse Large B Cell cerebral lymphoma: presentation- seizures

References and Resources

Created in 2024.