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Brain Tumours

Background

Cells within the brain may multiply and grow into a lump or a tumour. The tumour may be localised, pressing on other parts of the brain and is described as benign. A malignant tumour may grow and invade the brain and is described as cancer. There are many different types of malignant and benign tumours in the brain, each one with different characteristics. The commonest brain tumours in children are gliomas and medulloblastomas (sometimes called PNET) although there are many others. In general, these tumours do not spread to other organs outside the brain.

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Medical text written November 1995 by Dr M Brada, Professor of Clinical Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK. Last updated November 2006 by Darren Hargrave, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK.

 

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