Brain tumour

There were around 4,300 tumours of the brain and central nervous system (CNS) diagnosed in the UK in 2003. Brain tumours include those that develop within the brain, namely primary tumours and those that metastasise from other parts of the body, so called secondary tumours. Primary brain tumours develop from brain cells and can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumours remain in the part of the brain in which they started and do not spread into and destroy other areas of the brain tissue or other parts of the body. Malignant primary brain tumours are most likely to cause proble...