Living with a brain tumour
Finding out that your brain tumour can’t be cured is distressing and can be a shock. It’s common to feel uncertain and anxious. It's normal not to be able to think about anything else.
There is support available to help you cope with the emotional, practical and physical issues caused by your brain tumour.
Some brain tumours grow very slowly (low grade) and cannot be cured. Depending on your age at diagnosis, the tumour may eventually cause your death. Or you may live a full life and die from something else. It will depend on your tumour type, where it is in the brain, and how it responds to treatment.
Brain tumours can also be fast growing (high grade) and come back despite treatment.
Last reviewed: 28 Apr 2023
Next review due: 28 Apr 2026
Coping with a brain tumour can be difficult. There are things you can do and people who can help you to cope.
Practical and emotional support is available to help you cope with a brain or spinal cord tumour.
Primary brain tumours are tumours that start in the brain. They can start anywhere in the brain and there are many different types of tumour.
Treatment for a brain or spinal cord tumour depends on the type of tumour you have, where it is and your general health.
When someone is dying with cancer, they and their carers can get help and support. This information might help at a very emotional and difficult time.
Primary brain tumours are cancers that start in the brain.
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