Brain cancer symptoms

Part of the brain

Symptoms

• difficulty with planning or organising
• changes in behaviour, personality and social skills
• depression or mood swings
• weakness in part of the face, or on one side of the body
• difficulty walking
• loss of sense of smell
• sight or speech problems
• trouble finding the right word

• problems with reading or writing
• loss of feeling in part of the body
• difficulty telling left from right
• difficulty locating objects (spatial awareness)

• forgetting events and conversations
• difficulty understanding what is said to you
• trouble learning and remembering new information
• seizures with strange feelings, smells or deja vu

• loss of all or some vision

• coordination and balance problems
• uncontrolled eye movement
• stiff neck
• dizziness
• difficulty speaking (staccato speech)

• back and neck pain
• numbness or tingling in the arms or legs
• change to muscle tone in the arms or legs
• clumsiness or difficulty walking
• loss of bowel or bladder control (incontinence)

• headaches
• loss of vision (often peripheral vision)
• nausea or vomiting
• erection problems
• less interest in sex
• thyroid and other hormone changes

• coordination problems
• difficulty swallowing or speaking
• double vision
• facial weakness and numbness
• weakness and fatigue
• changes to sleep/wake patterns

• headaches
• vomiting
• weakness in arms or legs
• personality changes or confusion