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Brain Tumours - General

BRAIN TUMOURS: An abnor­mal mass of tis­sue in which cells grow and mul­ti­ply uncon­trol­lably, seem­ingly unchecked by the mech­a­nisms that con­trol nor­mal cells. More than 150 dif­fer­ent brain tumours have been documented.

Books in our collection on this topic

General Information

McGill University Health Centre The Logo of MUHC/ CUSM
CHUM The flag of Quebec
Brain Tumour Foun­da­tion of Canada.  The National flag of Canada
Cana­dian Can­cer Soci­ety The National flag of Canada
Brain Tumour Reg­istry of Canada The National flag of Canada
American Cancer Society
Amer­i­can Brain Tumor Asso­ci­a­tion
Mayo Clinic 
May­field Clinic
May­field Brain & Spine
UCLA Health
Merck Manuel
National Brain Tumor Soci­ety

  • Tumor Types: Understanding Brain Tumors
    A short overview of many types of brain tumors, in alpha­bet­i­cal order. Intro­duces each type, and out­lines char­ac­ter­is­tics, symp­toms and treat­ment.

National Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Net­work Foun­da­tion
Brain and Spine Foun­da­tion UK
  • Brain Tumour (2017)
    A 56-​page online book, the con­tents of which are: Com­mon ques­tions, Tests and inves­ti­ga­tions, Pos­si­ble treat­ments, Other treat­ments, Feel­ings and wor­ries, What should I tell my chil­dren?, Going home, Reha­bil­i­ta­tion, Every­day activ­i­ties, and more.

Treatments & Therapies 

McGill University Health Centre The Logo of MUHC/ CUSM
Cana­dian Can­cer Soci­ety
Amer­i­can Brain Tumor Asso­ci­a­tion
National Brain Tumor Soci­ety

 

 

Tests & Procedures

Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety

Caregiving

Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada The National flag of Canada
Amer­i­can Brain Tumor Asso­ci­a­tion

 

Research & Clinical Trials

The Neuro's Clinical Research Unit (CRU) The flag of Quebec
Cancer Research Society The flag of Quebec
Brain Tumour Foun­da­tion of Canada.  The National flag of Canada
ClinicalTrials.gov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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