Brain Cancer: A Concise Review
摘要
Cancer is a condition which involves uncontrolled proliferation of cells, lack of responds towards the signals involving repetition of genome, metastasis, angiogenesis, and anaplasia. Brain tumour is a medical condition in which growth of malignant cells within the brain cells or nearby tissues even manifests the spinal region. Based on origin, it can be differentiated into two groups, namely primary brain tumour (originate within the brain) and secondary brain tumour (originate in other organs and migrate into the brain). There are various causes behind the brain cancer including radiations, pollutants, nitroso compounds, and alternation in DNA. Cancer of brain can be categorized into different types based on parts involved in cancer such as glioblastoma, astrocytoma, meningioma, and medulloblastoma. Brain cancers are treated with surgery, radiosurgery, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and chemotherapy. Immunotherapy offers promising options for treating brain cancer. Antibodies such as bevacizumab, everolimus, and dinutuximab have capability to lower the risk of cancer by inhibiting growth pathways. Ayurvedic herbs that are widely used in the treatment of cancer including turmeric, Brahmi, ashwagandha, curcumin, and Ginkgo biloba. These herbal products have fascinating healing properties. Flavonoids are potent inhibitors of chemotherapeutic effects in a variety of cancers. Hence, medicinal plants for cancer treatments have been employed.