A seminar on 'World Brain Tumor Day' was held at the Medical and Dental College University, Faisalabad. The day is observed on June 8 all over the world to create public awareness about this disease and its treatment. The seminar was organised by the university's Department of Surgery, which was presided over by Head Department of Surgery Professor Dr A G Rehan.
Guest speaker, Allied Hospital's Head of the Department of Neuro Surgery Professor Dr Tariq Ahmad in his key note address said that a brain tumour was an abnormal mass of tissue in which cells grow and multiply uncontrollably. The growth of a tumour takes up space within the skull and interferes with normal brain activity. Tumor can cause damage by increasing pressure in the brain.
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