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Most of the people think Brain Tumor as a death sentence but it’s not like that, tumors are quite common but they are discussed only when well known people are detected with one.
One of the most prominent living member of the powerful Kennedy family and the longest serving United States senator was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Chances of survival of patients and the severity of the brain tumor depends on a host of factors including the area of brain involved and the forms of therapy. Brain is an extremely complex organ containing roughly 100 billion neurons, each neuron linked to as many as 10000 other neurons regulating all human activities.
What is Brain Tumor?
Simply stated Brain Tumor is an abnormal mass of tissue in which some cells grow and multiply uncontrollably. As the brain tumor grows it interferes with normal brain activity.
Primary Brain Tumor, Childhood Brain Tumor and Brain Tumor Death
The primary brain tumors originate in the brain itself. Secondary brain tumors originate as cancer in another part of the body and are carried to the brain through blood. Brain tumors are not to be taken lightly since they are leading cause of death from childhood cancers among persons upto 19 years of age.
Brain tumors are also the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in men aged between 20 and 39 and the fifth leading cause of cancer related deaths in women age group of 20 to 39.
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[...] occur, since different functions are controlled by different parts of the brain. The most common Symptoms of Brain Tumors are head aches,nausea and vomiting. These symptoms can be seen mostly in the morning. They are [...]
[...] Brain tumors are of two kinds. Benign tumors are of slow growing ones, which can be removed or destroyed if present in an accessible location in brain. Malignant tumors (Brain cancer) spread rapidly and destroy normal brain tissue. Some benign brain tumors may also change over time to become malignant brain tumors. Benign brain tumors can also become as dangerous as malignant brain tumors if they are located in an inaccessible region of brain, such as brain stem. Conversely some malignant brain tumorscan be cured. [...]