Brain tumor
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A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the brain itself (neuron, glia cells (astrocyte, oligodendrocyte, ependymal cell), lymph tissue, blood vessel), in the cranial nerve (myelin-producing Schwann cell), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or spread from cancer primarily located in other organs (metastatic tumors). Primary (true) brain tumors are commonly located in the posterior cranial...
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