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1. Can you tell me what an astrocytic tumour is?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
2. My husband has been told he has a brain tumour. His doctors have said he should not be driving at the moment. Is this right? What do we do about his driving license? What if he carries on driving?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
3. A friend of mine has been told they have a brain tumour. The doctors say it is a low-grade tumour and they are not going to give her any treatment. Surely this can’t be right?
last reviewed: 10.01.2006
4. My father has recently had surgery to remove a brain tumour. He said that when they did the operation they put chemotherapy in his brain. Is this right?
last reviewed: 01.09.2004
5. What is a subependymal giant cell tumour?
last reviewed: 17.01.2007
6. My husband has just been diagnosed with a brain tumour. The doctors have said he might develop seizures and have started him on tablets to prevent this happening. If he does have a seizure what should I do?
last reviewed: 19.05.2006
7. The doctors have told me that my husband might develop seizures following removal of a brain tumour. What are seizures and what should we be looking for?
last reviewed: 04.07.2006
8. My father, who is 55, had just had a fit. He has never had one before. We are worried that this means he has a brain tumour. Are we right to be concerned?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
9. For the last month or so I have been getting regular headaches. I am not too worried about these but my wife is getting anxious that I could have a brain tumour. What should I do?
last reviewed: 21.05.2006
10. Is it safe to fly by plane after treatment for a brain tumour?
last reviewed: 01.02.2007
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