1 There are over 200 types of cancer.  Anything that may cause a normal body cell to develop abnormally potentially can cause cancer; general categories of cancer-related or causative agents are as follows: chemical or toxic compound exposures, ionizing radiation, some pathogens, and human genetics.
Chemotherapy uses anti cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. For some types of brain tumour you may have chemotherapy after surgery, to try to prevent the tumour from coming back. Chemotherapy is sometimes given with radiotherapy and for some months afterwards to help people to live longer.hemotherapy works very well for some types of brain tumour but it does not work for all of them. You may have some types of chemotherapy in cycles. You have the drugs for a few days every few weeks.
Worsening of brain tumour symptoms. With radiotherapy to the brain, symptoms can sometimes get worse before they get better because radiotherapy can cause swelling. You will have steroids to try and prevent this.The symptoms will get better with time.iredness is a common symptom with any radiotherapy treatment. With a course of treatment for a brain tumour, you are likely to feel more and more tired as the course goes on. Sometimes, people sleep practically all day during the final week of their treatment.