All news on the topic: Brain Tumours

Despite her dad branding her 'mental' the 26-year-old mum and her best friend will abseil down Liverpool FC's home stadium in an effort to raise funds for the charity that helped her through her brain tumour diagnosis

Viraaj Nayak was diagnosed with hypothalamic hamartoma - a very rare non-cancerous tumour on the area of the brain that controls the production and release of hormones - at just two weeks old

Tia Gordon, from Northampton, was told she had stomach bugs and migraines, but when she was left having balance and walking difficulties she had a scan as an emergency where a brain tumour was found

Megan Payne has warned other parents about the importance of eye health after her son Levi Housley was diagnosed with cancer following a routine trip to a Specsavers

Caroline Wrixon, 40, booked an appointment with a Boots optician to test her vision - but was shocked when tests revealed she had a grade 2 atypical meningioma tumour

Caroline Wrixon booked a routine eye test at Boots days before Christmas 2020 thinking she needed a new prescription - but during the appointment she soon felt something wasn't quite right

Arlene VonMyhr, 55, from Michigan went downhill rapidly after suddenly feeling ill one night in January and died within a matter of weeks from an incurable brain disease

Mark Downey, 44, first complained of a headache last September, but knew something wasn't quite right - he went to hospital, before scans quickly revealed he had a grade four glioblastoma, a fast-growing cancerous tumour

Theresa Hardwick was diagnosed with an egg-sized low-grade brain tumour, which medics say may have been growing for 30 years, after becoming ill with food poisoning on holiday in France

Kirsty Connell, 39, went to her doctor after suffering terrible headaches and frequent feelings of deja vu - the phenomenon of feeling as though you have lived through a situation before

Claudia Laird from Burnley in Lancashire was training as a nurse when she began experiencing extreme fatigue and confusion - at one point walking into windows, thinking they were doors

Megan Troutwine noticed her drooping eye after looking at photos she took during a NYC trip - and after raising her concerns with her doctor, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour

Natasha Hunton-Walker began experiencing recurrent headaches and blurred vision the day of giving birth to her son, Max, and eventually went to hospital for CT scans

More than 12,000 people are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour in the UK each year, and because some don't develop symptoms at all, while others develop slowly, it's important to be aware of the signs

Mason Mackenzie, seven, had woken up in January unable to move due to neck pain and so his mum, Carly Mackenzie, 26, phoned the GP to make an appointment

Morgan Nottle was 26 weeks pregnant when she was told she had an incurable brain tumour after they were dismissed as 'bad headaches' - and now fears she won't see her children grow up

Jenny Dunlop has suffered persistent headaches since she was younger and thought thought they were stress-related or symptoms of long Covid and a hospital scan revealed a brain tumour

Daniel Flemen's family thought he was suffering from a cold before a hospital visit brought the shock news the teenager had a brain tumour, news his dad was akin to being hit 'by a bus'

Jana Nelson, 53, from Idaho Falls, noticed her symptoms when friends and family pointed out that her personality had changed from the laid-back person they once knew

The simple and non-invasive test will reduce the need for surgery, which is currently needed to diagnose certain types of brain tumours, according to researchers at Imperial College London

Mum Claire Corser, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with a slow growing tumour in 2010, after she experienced a 12-week long headache and hearing loss

Teachers in Chelyabinsk, Russia, thought Misha was struggling in class after he kept falling asleep but a trip to hospital - and an MRI scan - revealed the tumour

Teacher Fiona McOwan's sibling Catriona began suffering headaches over a three year period after having a 'bright and bubbly' character. She would also zone out and began swearing more

Tom Mayor, 34, was always lofty as a child but put it down to genetics as his family are also tall but later discovered he he had an undiagnosed brain tumour

Sarah Kelly was told her symptoms, including forgetfulness, slurred speech and severe migraines, were caused by the menopause before she visited her optician