Brain tumour research This page is about research into the
causes, prevention and treatments of brain tumours. You can find
the following information - A quick guide to what's on this page
- Why we need research - Clinical trials - Causes of brain
tumours - Diagnosing brain tumours - Research into surgery for
brain tumours - Radiotherapy research for brain tumours Brain
tumour research All treatments must be fully researched before
they can be adopted as standard treatment for everyone. This is
so that we can be sure they work better than the treatments we
already use. And so we know that they are safe. First of all,
treatments are developed and tested in laboratories. Only after
we know that they are likely to be safe to test are they tested
in people, in clinical trials. There is research into the causes
and diagnosis of brain tumours. There is a lot of research into
treatment for brain tumours, including into treating children.
All treatments have to be fully researched before they can be
adopted as standa