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Health Encyclopedia: Brain Tumors: Primary Introduction

Introduction

Brain tumors are composed of cells that exhibit unrestrained growth in the brain.

The major areas of the brain have one or more specific functions.

They can be benign (noncancerous, meaning that they do not spread elsewhere or invade surrounding tissue) or malignant (cancerous).

Cancerous brain tumors are further classified as either primary or secondary tumors. Primary tumors start in the brain, whereas secondary tumors spread to the brain from another site such as the breast or lung. ...

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