When cancer spreads to the brain


By AGENCY

Lung, breast, colon and kidney cancers, as well as melanoma, are the most likely malignancies to spread to the brain. — TNS

May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about metastatic brain cancer.

Overall, the chance that a person will develop a malignant tumour of the brain or spinal cord in their lifetime is less than 1%, according to the American Cancer Society.

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