Primary Brain Tumor
Alternate Names : Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor - Primary, Cancer - Brain Tumor (Primary), Ependymoma, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Glioma, Medulloblastoma, Meningioma, Neuroglioma, Oligodendroglioma
DefinitionA brain tumor is any growth of abnormal cells or uncontrolled proliferation of cells in the brain. Primary brain tumors involve any such growth that originates in the brain, rather than spreading to the brain from another part of the body.
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