Treatment for a brain tumor may depend on numerous factors, such as the size of the tumor, location, and type along with the general health and age. Treatment schedules and methods may differ for adults and children. Brain tumors can be treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. Doctors are focusing on a vaccine for the treatment of cancer of central nervous system also called glioma. Several methods are available as per your needs. A team of medical oncologists, neurosurgeons, and radiation oncologists work together for the brain tumor treatment in Pakistan.
Before initiating treatment, the patients get steroids and drugs that relieve edema or swelling. You can receive anticonvulsant medicine to control or prevent seizures. In the presence of hydrocephalus, you must have a shunt to trench cerebrospinal fluid. A long and thin tube known as shunt is placed in the ventricle of your brain. The tube is threaded under your skin to another area of the body, such as the abdomen. It may work like a drainpipe. It carries away extra fluid from the brain, and this fluid is absorbed in the abdomen. Sometimes, the fluid may be drained in your heart.
Surgery
If the location of brain tumor makes it available for operation, your surgeon will use this method to remove a brain tumor. In numerous cases, the tumor is small and easy to separate from brain tissues that make it possible to complete surgical removal successfully. Sometimes, tumors are impossible to separate from their surround tissues or these are located in the sensitive areas of your brain. In this situation, the surgery is risky, so doctor removes a tumor from safe areas only. Surgeons may remove the portion of brain tumor to decrease symptoms and sighs.
Surgery to remove brain tumor treatment in Pakistan carries risk like bleeding and infection. Other risks can be on the section of the brain where the tumor is situated. For example, surgery on tumors near nerves that are connected to your eyes may have a risk of vision loss.
Radiation Therapy
This method uses protons or X-rays to kill tumor cells. This therapy is performed from outside of your body (external radiations) or in some rare cases; radiations may be placed in your body close to a brain tumor. Outer beams may focus on the sections of your brain with a tumor, or it may be applied to the whole brain. Radiations for entire brains are useful for the treatment of cancer spreads to your brain from other parts of the body and make multiple tumors. Proton beams therapy is a new form for the treatment of brain tumors. It is useful for tumors near sensitive areas of the brain while decreasing the side effects linked with radiations.
Side effects of this therapy may depend on the dose and type of radiation that you receive. Common adverse effects are fatigue, scalp irritation, memory loss, and headaches.
Fortunately, Dr. Asif Bashir is a reliable name for brain tumor treatment in Pakistan. With over 20 years of experience, he can successfully perform brain and spine surgeries.
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