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Brain Tumors

A brain tumor is a growth of abnormal cells in the tissues of the brain. Brain tumors can be benign, with no cancer cells, or malignant, with cancer cells that grow quickly. Some are primary brain tumors, which start in the brain. Others are metastatic, and they start somewhere else in the body and move to the brain.

Brain tumors can cause many symptoms. Some of the most common are:

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  1. Brain Tumors (National Library of Medicine)  
    A brain tumor is a growth of abnormal cells in the tissues of the brain. Brain tumors can be benign, with no cancer cells, or ... cancer cells that grow quickly. Some are primary brain tumors, which start in the brain. Others are metastatic, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/braintumors.html - Health Topics
  2. Childhood Brain Tumors (National Library of Medicine)  
    Brain tumors are abnormal growths inside the skull. They are among the most common types of childhood cancers. ... neurological exams, lab tests, and imaging to diagnose brain tumors. Most childhood brain tumors are diagnosed and removed ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/childhoodbraintumors.html - Health Topics
  3. Metastatic brain tumor 
    A metastatic brain tumor is cancer that started in another part of the body and has spread to the brain. ... is called cancer of unknown primary (CUP). Growing brain tumors can place pressure on nearby parts of the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000769.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Brain tumor - children 
    A brain tumor is a group (mass) of abnormal cells that grow in the brain. This article focuses on primary brain tumors in children.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000768.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Brain tumor - primary - adults 
    A primary brain tumor is a group (mass) of abnormal cells that start in the brain. ... Primary brain tumors include any tumor that starts in the brain. Primary brain tumors can start from brain cells, the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007222.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Recurrence (of Brain Tumors) (American Brain Tumor Association)  
    Brain Tumors/Related Issues ... Brain Tumors ... American Brain Tumor Association ... ABTA provides information on the different forms of treatment for brain tumor recurrance ...
    https://www.abta.org/about-brain-tumors/recurrence - External Health Links
  7. Spotlight on Brain Tumors: Do You Know the Symptoms? From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Learning about the possible symptoms of a brain tumor can help you know when to tell a doctor about them. ... Spotlight on Brain Tumors
    https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2017/10/spotlight-brain-tumors - External Health Links
  8. Brain tumor (image) 
    Brain tumors are classified depending on the exact site of the tumor, the type of tissue involved, benign ... tendencies of the tumor, and other factors. Primary brain tumors can arise from the brain cells, the meninges ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19851.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Brain Tumor Types (National Brain Tumor Society)  
    Brain Tumors/Specifics ... Brain Tumors ... National Brain Tumor Society
    https://braintumor.org/.../about-brain-tumors/brain-tumor-types - External Health Links
  10. Drugs Approved for Brain Tumors From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    ... drugs approved by the FDA for use in brain tumors. The drug names link to NCI's Cancer Drug ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/drugs/brain - External Health Links
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