The term “brain tumor” carries a particularly scary connotation. And if you’re a fan of TV medical dramas, you may think they’re quite common. However, less than 1% of Americans are living with a primary brain tumor (one that starts in the brain), and about 72% of those are benign, per the National Brain Tumor Society.
Still, knowing the most common symptoms of brain tumors may help you get a diagnosis (if only to rule one out and move on to another reason for symptoms).
“The most common brain tumors fall into two broad categories,” says Walavan Sivakumar, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Torrance, CA. The first is primary tumors. “Among primary tumors, meningiomas and gliomas are most common,” Dr. Sivakumar says. Per Johns Hopkins Medicine, meningiomas account for about one-third of all brain tumors, and over 85% of them are noncancerous. Gliomas make up another third of brain tumors and have many types, including some that are benign and others that are cancerous.Tap To Read Complete, Article. .
