Symptoms and Characteristics of Brain Cancer

Symptoms of brain cancer vary depending on the size, location and how fast the development of the brain. The symptoms that occur are due to the presence of tumors that suppress the brain or due to the tumor blocking a part of the brain to function as usual.


If the pressure inside the head cavity rises as a result of a tumor, the following symptoms may occur:

• Unstoppable and sustained headaches.
• Vomiting that occurs suddenly and for no apparent reason.
• Epilepsy or convulsions. Can occur throughout the body or there is a twitch in one particular body area only.
• Easy to forget, angry, sleepy, or indifferent.
• Losing part of sight or hearing.
• Personality changes, such as abnormal behavior and unlike the usual character.

Impact of Tumors On Brain Function

Our brain controls many body functions. The location of the presence of tumors in the brain will determine which functions will be affected.

• Convulsions or fainting, hearing a voice inside the head and a speech or memory disorder is a symptom of a tumor on the side of the brain.

• Changes in personality, weakness on one side of the body, loss of order, apathy (no longer concerned about the surrounding and itself), as well as an impaired sense of smell and vision is a symptom of the emergence of tumors in the front of the brain.

• Impaired sense of vision on one side is a symptom of a tumor in the back of the brain.
• Difficulty in understanding words, speaking disorders, writing, reading and organizing certain movements, and numbness on one side of the body can occur are some of the tumor symptoms in the midbrain.

• Body imbalances, difficulty walking, weakening of facial muscles, visual impairment, speech and swallowing may be caused by tumors in the brainstem.

• Headaches, visual disturbances, and gestures can be a sign of tumors in the lining of the brain.

• Loss of body coordination, problem walking and talking, eyes cramp, vomiting, and neck stiffness is symptoms which will occur if a tumor is found within the neural structure.