by Katie Galvin | Jan 26, 2022 | All Cancer Keys
26th January 2022 Headaches alone are a very uncommon presentation of brain tumours, with only 7% of brain tumour patients presenting with just a headache. However, most patients will experience them at some point in their brain tumour journey. Headaches that are...
by Katie Galvin | Mar 26, 2021 | What’s new?
23rd March 2021 Missed our free GatewayC Live webinar? Watch our recording here. In this webinar, GatewayC met Dr Catherine McBain, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Rajiv Mohanraj, Consultant Neurologist at the Greater...
by Anna Perkins | Feb 24, 2021 | All Cancer Keys
24th February 2021 Whilst many people may associate brain tumours with headaches, often affected patients do not present with a headache until a later stage, if at all. Potential pitfall: Only up to 16% of brain tumour patients present to their GP with an isolated...
by Katie Galvin | Aug 27, 2020 | All Cancer Keys
27th August 2020 Potential pitfall: A migraine headache is typically a unilateral, frontal, throbbing headache which may be associated with photophobia or phonophobia. Although the intensity can vary, the characteristics of the headache tend not to change. Helpful...
by Katie Galvin | Mar 20, 2020 | All Cancer Keys
20th March 2020 A homonymous hemianopia is the loss of part of the field of vision on the same side, in both eyes. It frequently occurs to those with brain tumours, and to those who have suffered from a stroke or traumatic brain injuries. Potential pitfall: Visual...
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