Brain tumour

Royal Surrey Cancer Centre, in collaboration with St George’s Neurosurgical Centre and the Royal Marsden Hospital, is one of a selection of neuro-oncology centres in the country to have received the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission. This recognises that the Trust is a centre of excellence for the treatment of brain tumours.

 

A brain tumour is a collection of cells that are growing out of control and have formed a mass or growth. Brain tumours can affect people of any age from newborn babies to the elderly.

A tumour that has started in the brain is called a primary brain tumour. A cancer that has spread to the brain from somewhere else in the body is known as secondary or metastatic brain cancer.