Secondary brain tumours

Cancer types

Secondary brain cancer

The links on this page will help you to find out more about secondary cancer in the brain. This is when the cancer has started in another part of the body and then spread or metastasised to the brain.

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Secondary brain tumours

An overview of secondary brain tumours including diagnosis, symptoms and how they may be treated.

Link last reviewed: Wednesday 18 January 2017

Produced by: Macmillan Cancer Support
Web

Secondary brain tumours

Find out more about cancer that has spread to the brain from another part of the body.

Link last reviewed: Tuesday 27 June 2017

Produced by: Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

Macmillan Cancer Support

National organisation

Macmillan CancerLine: Freephone 0808 808 2020 / Textphone 0808 808 0121

Information about support groups available nationally

Macmillan Cancer Support is a large cancer charity which has merged with Cancerbackup. Both Macmillan and Cancerbackup are dedicated to supporting people affected by cancer. Macmillan develops and provides a wide range of medical, practical, emotional and financial services, including the distribution of information. Cancerbackup is the specialist cancer information charity, and provides over 6,000 pages of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for patients with any type of cancer, their families and carers.

Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

National organisation

Freephone 0808 800 40 40 from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

Provides contact details for support available nationaly nas well as forum http://www.cancerchat.org.uk/

Cancer Research UK,(CRUK) is a UK charity dedicated to cancer research. Their website has a wealth of information about cancer and research into all types of cancer.