Brain tumor facts for kids
A brain tumor is any tumor in the brain. Tumors may be benign or malignant.
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Types
- astrocytoma
- glioblastoma multiforme
- oliogodendroglioma
- ependymoma
- primary CNS lymphoma
- meningioma
Treatment
The treatment varies based on the type of tumor. For meningiomas, surgical removal of the tumor alone is often sufficient. Malignant tumors like anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme require more aggressive therapy. For glioblastoma multiforme, surgical removal of the tumor followed by radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy, is used. Temozolomide (also known as Temodar) is also used for gliomas (including Glioblastoma multiforme).
Images for kids
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The main areas of the brain and Limbic system
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The meninges lie between the skull and brain matter. Tumors originating from the meninges are meningiomas.
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A posterior fossa tumor leading to mass effect and midline shift
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CT scan of a brain tumor, with its diameters marked as an X. There is hypoattenuating (dark) peritumoral edema in the surrounding white matter, with a "finger-like" spread.
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Micrograph of an oligodendroglioma, a type of brain cancer. Brain biopsy. H&E stain
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A brainstem glioma in four-year-old. MRI, sagittal, without contrast
See also
In Spanish: Tumor cerebral para niños
