Since the brain is the control room of the body, cancer located in this area can affect many different areas of the body. The most common symptoms of brain tumors are headache, seizure, weakness, numbness and behavioral change, according to Dr. Andrew E. Sloan, director at the Brain Tumor & Neuro-Oncology Center and a professor and vice chair at the department of neurological surgery at University Hospitals-Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio.The Mayo Clinic also lists these symptoms of brain cancer:
Speech difficultiesHearing problems
A change in the pattern of headaches
Unexplained nausea or vomitingVision problems, such as blurred
vision, double vision or loss of peripheral vision
Gradual loss of sensation or movement in an arm or a leg
Difficulty with balance
Confusion in everyday matters