Is brain cancer a serious disease?

Brain cancer is a malignant tumor that has a great impact on the patient's survival. It is generally a major disease. After the diagnosis of brain cancer, it is recommended to actively cooperate with surgery and comprehensive anti-tumor treatment plans such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy to extend the patient's survival as much as possible. Whether brain tumors are considered major illnesses depends on the policy of the local medical insurance bureau. Intracranial malignant tumors mainly include gliomas.

How long can you live with a brain tumor?

If the benign tumor is severely adhered to the surrounding area and is located in the functional area, it cannot be completely cured if the surgery is not done cleanly. In general, the prognosis of malignant tumors is not good. Benign brain tumors are not very life-threatening. How long you can live depends on specific analysis. I am very happy to serve you and have developed your question. According to your description, this situation is the sequelae caused by surgery.

Brain tumor surgery usually takes several hours.

Generally speaking, the operation time may be around 3-5 hours. If there are special circumstances, such as unexpected bleeding or other brain tissue mutations, the operation time may need to be appropriately extended. The operation time for brain tumor surgery and different diseases is different. If it is a benign tumor, such as meningioma, which grows in a non-functional area or a relatively easy-to-operate area, the operation can usually be completed quickly. If it is a surgery that grows in a more complex area or a malignant tumor that is difficult to completely remove, it will take longer. Brain tumor surgery generally takes about 3 to 5 hours.