Brain tumour

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Brain tumour booklet and related resources


This booklet provides information on brain tumours in adults and focuses on primary brain tumours.

The booklet describes brain tumours and provides information on common symptoms, tests and investigations, and possible treatments. It also provides information on rehabilitation and returning to everyday activities.


Tests and investigations


Possible treatments



Other related fact sheets



Meningioma information sheet


A meningioma is type of brain tumour. It is a tumour of the meninges, which are the protective membranes that surround the brain and spine, and therefore lie on the surface of the brain rather in the tissue itself.

Children's resources


Children affected by brain tumour can use Headstrong, a website and booklet developed by the Brain and Spine Foundation.

For younger children



For older children



Patient perspectives on brain tumour

Childhood brain tumour


At age 13, Joshua Howell started having ‘funny turns’. The ‘funny turns’ continued for some time and gradually worsened until Joshua eventually became really ill.

Scan results revealed a tumour the size of an apple on the right side of his head, behind his eye, and neurologists operated on him to remove the tumour.

Living with a benign brain tumour


What is it like to live with a benign tumour in your brain? Suffering from severe migraines for over 2 years before diagnosis, Gavin Burden underwent brain surgery which left him partially sighted.

Still living with the tumour 14 years later, Gavin describes how he got back on his feet after surgery and came to terms with the changes it made to his life.

Brain tumour: Sarah's story


Sarah Jane Holt's brain tumour didn't have the best timing. Her tumour was discovered just as her husband was about to go to Afghanistan for 6 months, and brain surgery to remove the tumour was scheduled for just after Christmas in 2009.

Luckily the operation was a success, and after a few nervous days of waiting, biopsy results revealed that the tumour had not been cancerous.

Brain tumour discussion forum


Discuss your own experiences, talk to others and post questions for our neuroscience nurses who moderate the discussion forum.


Need more information?


Call our free helpline on 0808 808 1000 to speak to a neuroscience nurse, or email helpline@brainandspine.org.uk

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