Brain and neurologic
Neurologic cancer is when tumors are located in the brain or the spine. Brain tumors are graded according to how fast they grow and how likely they are to recur back after treatment.
There are two types of brain tumors; the first are non-cancerous (benign) brain tumors and the second is cancerous (malignant) brain tumors.
Each type of brain tumor also is named according to the cells that cause it. For example, a meningioma is a tumor that arises from the membranes (termed meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord. Whilst gliomas are tumors that begin in the brain or spinal cord and include astrocytomas, ependymomas, glioblastomas, oligoastrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas.
The types of neurologic cancers are acoustic neuroma, astrocytoma, brain metastases, choroid plexus carcinoma, craniopharyngioma, embryonal tumors, ependymoma, glioblastoma, glioma, medulloblastoma, meningioma, oligodendroglioma, pediatric brain tumors, pineoblastoma, pituitary tumors.
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