Brain Tumors
Brain Tumors A brain tumor is a tumor that grows in the brain. ... Within the next twelve months, over 100,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with a brain tumor. Brain tumors are the second leading cause of cancer in children under age fifteen and in young adults up to age thirty-four. ... When doctors describe tumors of the brain, they use the words benign and malignant. Benign tumors consist of harmless cells that will not spread out of a certain boundary. Surgery alone can cure benign tumors. Malignant tumors are life threatening. They consist of cancerous cells, and are located in a vital area of the brain. Brain tumors are categorized as primary brain tumors, metastatic brain tumors, and skull base tumors.