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Oligodendrogliomas Oligodendrogliomas are a type of glial cell tumor arising from oligodendrocytes, glial cells that form insulation around neurons, that helps them conduct electrical impulses. These uncommon, usually slow-growing, tumors...

Mixed Gliomas The brain is comprised of nerve cells as well as other cells that support and protect the nerve cells, called glial cells. Most brain tumors are named after...

Metastatic Brain Tumors About  Symptoms Treatment Our Difference  More common than tumors that originate inside the brain itself, metastatic (or "secondary") brain tumors arise from cancer that develops elsewhere in...

Meningiomas About  Symptoms Treatment Our Difference  The idea of any brain tumor can be frightening, but the word “tumor” just refers to an excessive growth of cells, which does not...

Intraventricular Tumors Within the brain there are several ventricles, or cavities, that are filled with a clear liquid called cerebrospinal fluid. The cerebrospinal fluid, which also surrounds the brain and...