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Brain Cancer Grades

After brain cancer is diagnosed, the tumor is graded based on its cellular characteristics, growth patterns and aggressiveness. Learn about brain cancer grades.

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Health Sciences / Cancer / Cancer diagnosis

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 17, 2024
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 16, 2024
Author:: Michael Vogelbaum
Submitter:: Grace Jimenez
Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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A. Zheng (Student)

1 year ago

The grading of brain tumors is very different from other cancers. They also have a progression different system of identification where they use grading instead of staging. It is also to note that there seems to not be a formal grading system but a more generalized way of identifying the progression of brain cancer. The article also mentioned that brain tumors rarely metastasize outside of the CNS, so how many cases had this occurred?