What is a non -functional brain tumor?

A non -functional brain tumor is a brain tumor that cannot be safely removed by surgery due to position, size or other concerns. Alternative treatment is available for such tumors and it does not necessarily have a death penalty. For example, some are growing very slowly, and the patient may be able to control the growth of a non -functioning brain tumor by medication and radiation therapy to experience normal life. Each surgeon has a different approach to the evaluation and treatment of the tumor. The tumor surgeon by one declares that inoperative can be considered to be treated with another surgery. Patients may want to consult with several surgeons to obtain balanced advice on their treatment and make decisions with the greatest possible information in their hand. Surgeons to get access to each corner of the brain, or may be afraid that even if they can reach the tumor, they can also cause considerable damage to the collateral. The risk of patient's quality of life can be too great when balanced with the benefits of survivingRgic procedure, and the surgeon may decide that the patient has a non -functional brain tumor.

Another problem may be vascularization. Some tumors grow in discrete pockets and are very easy to remove. The surgeon can find edges and raise the tumor intact during surgery to increase the chance for a positive result. A non -functional brain tumor may spread, contain tissue that looks similar to conventional brain tissue, or to be tangled in the brain with blood vessels. Sometimes it represents too much surgical challenge and would be dangerous to work.

The non -functional brain tumor can also be too large to remove the surgeon. The tumor can be wrapped around the critical structures in the brain or be too difficult to distinguish from healthy tissue due to size and level of growth. The surgeon could recommend a partial excision to get as much as possible, but that could alsoPatient to expose the risk of metastases breaking the tumor and on the skull.

Further concerns may surround the patient's health. The tumor itself may be operable, but the surgeon could worry that the patient does not survive surgery or exhaustive cancer treatment. In this case, the patient's subjugation of the surgical trauma would not be ethical and the surgeon may instead recommend palliative care and more conservative treatment.