Treatment

There are things you can do to help you feel more in control of your physical and mental health when preparing for treatment. In the hospital, preparing for treatment is also called prehabilitation or prehab.

Read about how doctors decide which treatment you need, and the types of treatment you might have for a brain or spinal cord tumour.

Find out about the different types of surgery for brain and spinal cord tumours, how to prepare for your operation, and how to recover well.

Chemotherapy uses anti cancer drugs to destroy brain tumour cells. The drugs circulate throughout your body in the bloodstream.

Radiotherapy uses high energy x-rays to treat brain and spinal cord tumours. 

You might have some medicines to help control the symptoms of brain tumours.

You might have treatment with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy if your brain tumour comes back. 

You have follow up appointments to check how you are and see if you have any problems or worries.