Brain tumours: Treatment challenges and how to support patients who receive a diagnosis
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Brain tumours: Treatment challenges and how to support patients who receive a diagnosis

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Brain tumours are difficult to diagnose and, although they are not as common as some other kinds of cancer, survival rates are low

Although brain tumours are rare, survival rates are low, resulting in the most life-years lost of any cancer, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Nursing Standard. 37, 1, 73-76. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.73.s23

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