| The term brain cancer although often used
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| | form. The exposure to vinyl chloride and
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| by the general public is actually not the
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| | or ionizing radiation are the only known
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| term often used by the medical community.
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| | risk factors; other than these there are
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| Primary brain tumor is the term used by
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| | no known environmental factors that can
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| the medical community for tumors arising
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| | be associated with brain tumors. The
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| form the brain. In children, most brain
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| | so-called tumor suppressor genes
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| tumors are primary tumors. In adults
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| | mutations and deletions are incriminated
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| however, most tumors in the brain have
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| | in some forms of brain tumors. Inherited
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| spread from the lung, breast, or other
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| | diseases such as Von Hippel-Lindau
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| parts of the body. When this happens, the
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| | Syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 2, and
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| disease is not brain cancer. The tumor in
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| | multiple endocrine neoplasia of a patient
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| the brain is a secondary tumor and it is
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| | pose a high risk to having brain tumor.
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| named after the organ or tissue fromch it
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| | Symptoms of brain tumor and brain cancer
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| began.
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| | are caused by the damage to the vital
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| A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor
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| | tissue and by pressure on the brain as
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| created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell
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| | the tumor grows within the limited space
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| division, normally either found in the
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| | in the skull. If a brain tumor grows
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| brain itself, in the cranial nerves, in
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| | very slowly, its symptoms may appear so
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| the brain envelopes, skull, pituitary and
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| | gradually that they are sometimes
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| pineal gland, or from cancers primarily
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| | overlooked for a long time. The most
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| located in other organs. Although they
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| | frequent symptoms of brain tumors or
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| can affect any part of the brain, primary
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| | brain cancer include headache, nausea,
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| brain tumors in children are generally
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| | vomiting, loss of appetite, seizures,
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| located in the posterior cranial fossil;
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| | memory loss, weakness, visual changes,
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| and in adults, in the anterior two-thirds
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| | problems with speech and language,
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| of the cerebral hemispheres.
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| | personality changes, and thought
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| The most common brain tumors or brain
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| | processing problems. These symptoms may
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| cancers are gliomas, which start in the
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| | be caused by brain tumors or by other
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| glial (supportive) tissue. Several types
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| | problems. If a person is experiencing
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| of gliomas include astrocytomas,
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| | such symptoms, consulting a doctor right
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| ependymomas, and oligodendrogliomas.
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| | away is strongly advised.
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| The development of certain types of
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| | A person diagnosed with brain cancer or
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| primary brain tumors or brain cancers has
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| | brain tumor will undergo treatments that
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| been linked to exposure to radiation,
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| | include surgery (surgical resection),
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| especially if exposure took place in
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| | which is recommended for the majority of
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| childhood. It is generally believed that
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| | brain tumors. It is rare in primary brain
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| higher radiation doses increase the risk
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| | tumor to be cured without a surgical
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| of eventually developing a brain cancer.
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| | resection. Other treatments include
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| Radiation-induced brain tumors can take
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| | chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
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| anywhere from ten to thirty years to
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