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Adult central nervous system Tumors and Brain Tumors
There are many types of brain and spinal cord tumors. The tumors are formed by the abnormal growth of cells and may begin in different parts of the brain or spinal cord. Together, the brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system (CNS).
The tumors may be either benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer):
- Benign brain and spinal cord tumors grow and press on nearby areas of the brain. They rarely spread into other tissues and may recur (come back).
- Malignant brain and spinal cord tumors are likely to grow quickly and spread into other brain tissue.
When a tumor grows into or presses on an area of the brain, it may stop that part of the brain from working the way it should. Both benign and malignant brain tumors cause signs and symptoms and need treatment.
Source: Adult Central Nervous System Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version originally published by the National Cancer Institute
An adult central nervous system tumor is a disease in which abnormal cells form in the tissues of the brain and/or spinal cord.
Astrocytic Tumors
Tumors of the Cranial and Paraspinal Nerves
Choroid Plexus Tumors
- Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma
- Pilocytic Astrocytoma
- Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma
- Diffuse Astrocytoma
- Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma (Grades and Stats)
- Anaplastic Astrocytomas
- Glioblastoma
- Giant Cell Glioblastoma
- Gliosarcoma (Grades and Stats)
Choroid Plexus Tumors
Tumors of the Cranial and Paraspinal Nerves
Choroid Plexus Tumors
Choroid Plexus Tumors (Grades and Stats)
- Choroid Plexus Papilloma
- Atypical Choroid Plexus Papilloma
- Choroid Plexus Carcinoma
Tumors of the Cranial and Paraspinal Nerves
Tumors of the Cranial and Paraspinal Nerves
Tumors of the Cranial and Paraspinal Nerves
- Vestibular Schwannoma/ Acoustic Neuroma
- Neurofibroma
- Perineurioma
- Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
Embryonal Tumors
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Tumors of the Cranial and Paraspinal Nerves
- Medulloblastoma (Grades and Stats)
- CNS Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
- Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (Grades and Stats)
Ependymal Tumors
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
- Ependymoma (Grades and Stats)
- Subependymoma
- Myxopapillary Ependymoma
- Anaplastic Ependymoma
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Meningeal Tumors
Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors
Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors
- Meningioma (Grades and Stats)
- Atypical Meningioma
- Anaplastic/Malignant Meningioma
- Hemangiopericytoma
- Anaplastic Hemangiopericytoma
- Hemangioblastoma
Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors
Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors
Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors
- Gangliocytoma
- Ganglioglioma
- Anaplastic Ganglioma
- Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma And Ganglioglioma
- Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
- Central Neurocytoma
- Extraventricular Neurocytoma
- Cerebellar Liponeurocytoma
- Paraganglioma Of The Spinal Cord
- Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor
- Rosette-Forming Glioneural Tumor Of The Fourth Ventricle
Other Neuroepithelial Tumors
Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors
Other Neuroepithelial Tumors
- Angiocentric Glioma
- Chordoid Glioma Of The Third Ventricle
Oligodendroglial Tumors
Oligodendroglial Tumors
Other Neuroepithelial Tumors
- Oligodendroglioma Tumors
- Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
Oligoastrocytic Tumors
Oligodendroglial Tumors
Oligoastrocytic Tumors
- Oligoastrocytoma
- Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
Pineal Tumors
Tumors Of The Sellar Region
Pituitary Tumors
- Pineal Region Tumors (Grades and Stats)
- Pineocytoma
- Pineal Parenchymal Tumor Of Intermediate Differentiation
- Pineoblastoma
- Papillary Tumor Of The Pineal Region
Pituitary Tumors
Tumors Of The Sellar Region
Pituitary Tumors
Tumors Of The Sellar Region
Tumors Of The Sellar Region
Tumors Of The Sellar Region
- Craniopharyngiomas
- Granular Cell Tumor of the Neurohypophysis
- Pituicytoma
- Spindle Cell Oncocytoma of the Adenohypophysis
Other CNS Tumors
Metastatic Brain Tumors
Tumors Of The Sellar Region
- Sarcomas
- Vascular Tumors
- Chordoma
- Gliomatosis Cerebri - no longer formally recognized (Grades and Stats)
Metastatic Brain Tumors
Metastatic Brain Tumors
Metastatic Brain Tumors
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