| A cancer is a malignant tumor of cells that | | | | perish from the disease. In children, the |
| replicates itself excessively so that the | | | | occurence is much lower atonly 3 in every |
| cancer cells begin to overtake the body. | | | | 100,000. |
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| At this time, there are only two known types | | | | The leading cause of cancer-related death in |
| of tumors that cause brain cancer. The first | | | | people under the age of 35 is brain cancer. |
| are called primary brown tumors,and the | | | | Generally, 15 20 people in every |
| second is known as secondary metastatic brain | | | | |
| tumors. Metastatic tumors are caused by | | | | 100,000 are diagnosed with brain cancer. |
| cancerous cells that have moved up from other | | | | Half of these cancer cases are due to primary |
| locations in the body. | | | | intra-cranial tumors, and the otherhalf are |
| | | | due to the secondary type. |
| It is possible to have a brain tumor without | | | | |
| that tumor being cancerous. Primary brown | | | | About 100,000 people are diagnosed in the |
| tumors can be either cancerous | | | | United States with secondary brain cancer |
| ornon-cancerous. That is, the cells of the | | | | each year. Approximately 20-30% of people |
| tumor may multiply but then stop or continue | | | | with untreated metastatic cancers are |
| to multiply uncontrollably. Both types of | | | | eventually diagnosed with secondary brain |
| primary brown tumors can cause complications | | | | cancer. |
| including stroke, vision loss and hearing | | | | |
| loss. Primary brain tumors rarely attack the | | | | Other than vinyl chloride, there are not any |
| central nervous system, and if it does | | | | known environmental or chemical influences |
| attack, it is not usually the cause of death. | | | | known to cause brain cancer. |
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| Death by primary brown tumors commonly | | | | Vinyl chloride is prevalent in tobacco smoke, |
| results from the large size of the tumor, | | | | the manufacture of pipes, wire coatings, |
| which grows uncontrollably inside the skull. | | | | furniture, car parts, housewares, andmany |
| | | | other plastic products. Some diseases are |
| Any cancerous brain tumor is life | | | | also known to retard the genes that suppress |
| threatening. The effect of the tumor on the | | | | the growth of malignant cells. |
| brain is to impact brain functions, from | | | | |
| memory areas to perceptual and reasoning | | | | Most of these diseases are inherited, such as |
| function. Sometimes brain tumors can attack | | | | pituitary adenoma, neurofibromatosis type 2, |
| vital functions and structures such as | | | | retinoblastoma, tuberoussclerosis, and Von |
| arteries. | | | | Hippel-Lindau disease. Some people who have, |
| | | | or have had melanoma, breast, lung, kidney, |
| Secondary metastatic brain tumors are | | | | or colon cancer are at some risk of |
| necessarily cancerous. It is caused by | | | | developing secondary brain cancer. Surgery |
| cancerous cells migrating from some other | | | | and chemotherapy have had some success in |
| cancer in the body to the brain where it | | | | defeating brain cancer, but much work remains |
| behaves exactly as a primary brown tumor with | | | | to be done for an effective cure. |
| equal effect and impact on the brain. | | | | |
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| cancer is not promising. Out of the 17,000 | | | | on all brain cancer, intra-cranial tumors, |
| people diagnosed with primary braincancer in | | | | Primary brown tumors related subjects. |
| the United States each year, about 13,000 | | | | |