{"id":38,"date":"2017-05-15T23:58:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T22:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/cbtrt\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2021-05-05T10:32:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T09:32:22","slug":"my-child-has-a-brain-tumour-qa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/cbtrt\/my-child-has-a-brain-tumour-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"My child has a brain tumour &#8211; Q&amp;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>My child has a brain tumour. \u00a0What are the different types? \u00a0Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/understanding-brain-tumours\/symptoms-and-information\/childhood-brain-tumours\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Where in the brain are the tumours found? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/understanding-brain-tumours\/symptoms-and-information\/the-human-brain\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the difference between a low grade tumour and a high grade tumour? \u00a0Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/understanding-brain-tumours\/symptoms-and-information\/what-is-a-brain-tumour\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What do &#8216;malignant&#8217;, &#8216;benign&#8217; and all these other words mean? \u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cclg.org.uk\/About-Childhood-Cancer\/Medical-terms-explained\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What effects could the tumour cause? \u00a0Physically? \u00a0And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/understanding-brain-tumours\/living-with-a-brain-tumour\/side-effects\/learning-difficulties-children\/\">mentally<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Can you tell how long the tumour has been there? \u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cclg.org.uk\/About-Childhood-Cancer\/Medical-terms-explained\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What caused it? \u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/understanding-brain-tumours\/symptoms-and-information\/what-is-a-brain-tumour\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Are there online resources to help me explain this to my child?\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s it like being scanned? \u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xfjhVXlZafE\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cclg.org.uk\/Journey\">happens next<\/a>?\n<ul>\n<li>What can I expect when I go to my first appointment? \u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/more.bham.ac.uk\/cbtrt\/my-child-has-a-brain-tumour-qa\/what-should-i-ask-the-doctor\/\">here<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>What questions should I ask? \u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/NHSEngland\/AboutNHSservices\/doctors\/Pages\/questions-to-ask-the-doctor.aspx\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What side effects might they develop?\u00a0 \u00a0Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/brain-tumour-diagnosis-treatment\/how-brain-tumours-are-diagnosed\/brain-tumour-biology\/what-is-a-brain-tumour\/#effects-brain-tumours\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What treatments are available? \u00a0 Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/understanding-brain-tumours\/treating-brain-tumours\/child-treatments\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What\u00a0support is there for me and my family?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/get-support\/newly-diagnosed\/brain-tumour-information-pack\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What wards \/ departments might my child visit at BCH?\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bwc.nhs.uk\/oncology\">Oncology Outpatients<\/a>\u00a0clinic<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bwc.nhs.uk\/childrens-hospital-wards\">Ward 18<\/a>\u00a0Oncology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bwc.nhs.uk\/childrens-hospital-wards\">Ward 10<\/a> Neurosurgery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenagecancertrust.org\/get-help\/how-we-can-help\/our-units\/birmingham-childrens-hospital\">Teenage Cancer Trust\u00a0Ward<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Who may be looking after my child at BCH?\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bwc.nhs.uk\/our-\">Consultants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bwc.nhs.uk\/our-outreach-nurses\">Outreach Nurses<\/a> Paediatric Oncology Outreach Nurse Specialists (POONS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My child has a brain tumour. \u00a0What are the different types? \u00a0Click here Where in the brain are the tumours found? 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