Journal of Tumor Research
Open Access

Department of Radiography and Imaging Technology, College of Allied Health Sciences, GCUF, Pakistan

Publications

• Review Article   
  A Brief Intro to Brain Tumor, Cause, Spread, Surpassing of BBB, Effects on CNS, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Proliferation in Community
  Author(s): M. Umair Hassan*, Muzammil Arshad, M. Abdullah and Ali Haider
  
  Brain tumor is an accumulation of abnormally growing cells in the brain. The authors have covered in detail about formation, types of brain tumors in different tissues of the brain causing severe discomfort for the patient. A brief discussion between brain tumor and leptomeningeal disease is also presented in the article. A combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy treatment improves the prognosis for leptomeningeal disease. Some tumor types are especially sensitive to chemotherapy injected directly into the cerebrospinal fluid, either by lumbar puncture (“spinal tap”) or through a surgically implanted device called an Ommaya. Detailed effects of malignancy in brain on central nervous system have been covered in the article. The spread of lump and its expectancy in population have been covered in the research. Authors have also described the effects of lump on th.. View More»
  

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