| Cancer cells reproduce but they don't
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| | of symptoms, including: Headaches,
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| die. They're sort of like evil immortals.
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| | Seizures, Nausea or vomiting, Weakness or
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| The body just can't kill them no matter
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| | loss of feeling in the arms or legs,
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| how hard it tries. Brain cancer is
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| | memory loss, Abnormal eye movements or
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| abnormal growths of cells in the brain.
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| | changes in vision, Drowsiness, problems
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| Although such growths are popularly
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| | with speech and language, thought
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| called brain tumors, not all brain tumors
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| | processing problems.
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| are cancer. Cancer is a term reserved for
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| | Treatment for a brain cancer depends on a
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| malignant tumors. Malignant tumors grow
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| | number of factors. Among these are the
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| and spread aggressively, overpowering
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| | type, location, and size of the tumor, as
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| healthy cells by taking their space,
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| | well as the patient's age and general
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| blood, and nutrients. (Like all cells of
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| | health. Treatment methods and schedules
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| the body, tumor cells need blood and
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| | often vary for children and adults. A
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| nutrients to survive.) Tumors that do not
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| | treatment plan is developed to fit each
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| spread aggressively are called benign. In
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| | patient's need. It is possible to
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| general, a benign tumor is less serious
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| | decrease the risk of developing brain
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| than a malignant tumor. But a benign
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| | metastases from certain tumors by
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| tumor can still cause many problems in
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| | decreasing the risk of developing the
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| the brain.
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| | initial primary tumor in the first place.
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| The symptoms of brain cancer depend
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| | Sometimes, when patients have certain
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| mainly on their size and their location
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| | cancers that are well controlled, they
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| in the brain. Symptoms are caused by
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| | will be offered preventive radiation
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| damage to vital tissue and by pressure on
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| | therapy to the brain in order to decrease
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| the brain as the tumor grows within the
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| | the likelihood of developing brain
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| limited space in the skull. As the tumor
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| | metastases in the future.
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| grows in size, it can produce a variety
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