• Every 8^th June is celebrated as World Brain Tumor day.
• Initially initiative was taken by German Brain Tumor Association and is now celebrated worldwide.
• It is celebrated to raise awareness and educate people about tumor.
• Brain tumor is a moss or growth of abnormal cells in your brain
• Incidence in India raise from 5 to 10 in 100000 population.
• Manifestations: Headache, Altered Mental Status, Nausea, Vomiting, Weakness, Focal Seizures, Gait Disturbance, Speech Difficult, Visual Changes.
• New onset of seizures in adults or headache with weakness or Numbness of limps – indicate more towards brain tumor.
• Diagnosis by imaging modalities like
• Outcome and survival depends on age, type of tumor and extent of surgical execution and molecular characteristics of brain tumor.

Risk Factors: Male Gender, family history, industrial or chemical exposure, exposure to infections, electromagnetic waves, IR, head injury or seizures.

Some Facts :

• Can occur at any age
• Symptions depend on their size, type and location.
• Most common type among adults- astrocytoma, meningioma, oligodendroglioma
• M/C type in children – medulloblastoma, grade 1,2 astrocytoma
• Exact cause is not clear
• Treatment options: surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.