A tumor in the human bodyMOSCOW, Jan 21Brain tumors are most common in people aged 45 to 60, the main symptoms are headache, dizziness, nausea, speech disturbances, blurred vision, weakness in an arm or leg, said RIA Novosti MD, neurosurgeon, head of the neurosurgery department National Research Center of Oncology named after N.N. N.N. Blokhin Ali Bekyashev.» Brain tumors account for about 2% of all oncological diseases, and occur most often in people from 45 to 60 years old. The clinical picture can be manifested by cerebral symptoms (headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting) and focal speech disorders, weakness in the arm or leg, blurred vision),» said Bekyashev. Blokhin, head of the scientific and practical neuroimaging group Ekaterina Kobyakova, told RIA Novosti that both cerebral and focal manifestations are nonspecific for oncology and may be the result of other diseases. According to her, depending on the location of the tumor in the brain, the symptoms may differ, for example, if the focus is in the temporal region, the first signs of the disease may be problems with speech, hearing, smell and taste, and if the process affects the cerebellum, the person’s coordination is disturbed, unsteady gait, nausea and even vomiting occur. At the same time, both a benign brain tumor and a malignant one can cause the same symptoms, Kobyakova noted. Bekyashev. «In diagnosis and treatment, you need to be consistent — with frequent headaches, you need to contact a neurologist, who will determine a further plan of action (direct him to an MRI, and, if necessary, to an ophthalmologist and a neurosurgeon)», the doctor explained. 
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