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Brain Cancer
Brain cancer is a disease of the brain in which cancer cells (malignant cells) arise in the brain
tissue
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The Tumor that is
produced from the cancer cells can disturb many functions of the body like for example muscle control,
sensation, memory, and even personality
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The other type of tumor is called a benign tumor, this tumor is
composed of non-cancerous cells and is not as harmful as the malignant tumor
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Grade 1 means that the tumor
is a benign tumor and the tumor looks nearly normal like brain
cells but it grows slowly
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Grade 3 means its a malignant tumor, the cells of the tumor look very different than normal
cells in the brain, the cancer cells are growing unnaturally
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The whole idea of
having a grading system is to let the patient know the rate at which their tumor is growing
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There are two ways in which you can develop this disease, the first way is that cancer cells
develop in the brain which form a tumor, this is called a primary brain tumor
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The second
way to develop this disease is from already existing cancerous tumors can spread through your body
and infect your brain
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The discovery of
brain cancer was a crucial one because it changed the approach that doctors took to treat this disease
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These two types of tumors require completely different procedures for treatment
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How is brain cancer caused you might ask? Well as with tumors elsewhere in the body, the
exact cause of most brain tumors is unknown
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These factors can increase your chances of contracting this
disease includes radiation to the head, genetics, HIV infection, cigarette smoking, and environmental
toxins
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Male's however have a
higher chance of contracting this disease than women
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04% of the pollution, which makes this makes the disease rare
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This disease is extremely fatal, many people don't survive 5 years after contracting this
disease
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15,320
have been estimated to develop this disease this year in
the united states
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The symptoms depend
on the size of the patience tumor, the location of the tumor and how far the tumor as spread through out
their brain
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Headaches that are triggered by the tumor vary in when
they take place, how painful it is, and how long it will last
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A headache can be painful because of the pressure that the tumor places on the brain
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A Cat scan is an Xray image made using computerized axial tomography
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An MRI is a magnetic resonance imaging that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed
images of the organs and tissues within your body
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The first is surgery, during surgery the doctors will try
and remove as much of the tumor as they possible can without damaging the persons brain
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The last treatment is called Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy is a
treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic
and other drugs
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Brain cancer is a very deadly disease, so its hard finding living celebrities with this disease
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Some interesting facts about brain cancer is that it is the leading cause of cancer deaths
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There are 130
different types of brain cancers
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Brain cancer that starts in the brain does not spread through the body to other organs
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He
contracted this disease by all ready existing cancer cells in his body, spread to his brain and infected
him
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My final thoughts on this disease is that this is a very rare disease that effects not a lot of
people
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I wanted to
learn more about this disease since my father passed away from it
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Brain Cancer Symptoms,
Causes, Treatment - What Is Brain Cancer? - MedicineNet
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