Biopsy of the brain
Biopsy - the most important diagnostic method in oncology, as it had been accurately answer the question, benign or malignant tumors. However, the importance of this method in neurosurgery is not as significant as in other areas of oncology. This is primarily due to the fact that whatever the brain tumor - malignant or benign - it should be removed.<
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Treatment of brain tumors
In principle, the treatment of brain tumors does not differ much from the principles of treating tumors in other organs.
Among the methods used for the treatment of brain tumors secrete symptomatic treatment and radical. Symptomatic treatment - a treatment that aims to eliminate the manifestations
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Radiation therapy of brain tumors
Radiation therapy - a method of treating tumor (usually malignant) which is irradiated by radiation. The fact that malignant cells are more sensitive to the damaging effects of radiation than healthy cells. This is due to the fact that the metabolism of malignant cells is higher than in normal cells, and in addition, they are characteri
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Chemotherapy of brain tumors
Chemotherapy - a method of treating malignant tumors with special drugs - chemotherapy drugs that cause the death of malignant cells. These drugs are also called cytotoxic drugs. Cytotoxic drugs belong to different groups of chemotherapy drugs and have different mechanisms of action, but their ultimate effect is to destroy tumor cells.
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Surgical treatment of brain tumors
Surgical treatment of brain tumors is to remove the tumor. In this case, there as in other areas of oncology, maintaining the principle of removing as much as possible of the tumor tissue. Currently, surgery of tumors of the brain took a big step forward compared to what it was in neurosurgery in the past decade. In the arsenal of neur
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Primary brain tumors
Primary tumors are those that originally appeared in the brain, in contrast to the secondary, which are brain metastases of other tumors. Classification of primary tumors is based on the type of tissue, which is based on the tumor itself. The most common type of primary brain tumors is the glioma.
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New treatments for brain tumors
Medicine does not stand still, constantly evolving. The same applies to oncology. Currently, doctors are increasingly are adopting new methods for diagnosis and treatment.
New methods of treatment are presented in all tumor treatment approaches - and in radiation therapy and chemotherapy, and surgery.
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