brain tumors
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Brain Tumors. Neurons or Glial cells?. Neurons. Rarely, if ever responsible for tumors Don’t reproduce. Gliomas arise from glial cells. Different types of gliomas: Astrocytic tumors include astrocytomas (less malignant), anaplastic astrocytomas, and glioblastomas (most malignant) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Brain Tumors
Neurons or Glial cells?
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Neurons
• Rarely, if ever responsible for tumors – Don’t reproduce
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Gliomas arise from glial cells
• Different types of gliomas:– Astrocytic tumors include astrocytomas (less
malignant), anaplastic astrocytomas, and glioblastomas (most malignant)
– Oligodendroglial tumors vary in malignancy – Glioblastomas are the most aggressive type of primary
brain tumor
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Meningiomas
• Arise from arachnoidal cells– One of three meniges that compose membrane that
covers brain and spinal cord. However, these tumors are mostly (90%) benign
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Level of severity
• Tumors are graded on multiple factors:– Growth rate– Blood supply– Malignancy– Border distinctness *The ultimate determining factor in classifying
tumors is the cell of highest malignancy, even if the overall composition of the tumor is of lesser malignancy.
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Diagnosis
• Balance, vision, hearing, and reflex tests are conducted to help diagnose brain tumors
• MRI’s used with contrast dye are subsequently performed to find tumors and detect their locations.
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Treatment
• Open cranial surgery• Radiosurgery
– Many beams of targeted radiation focus on the tumor from all different directions (one session limit).
• Radiotherapy (multi-session)• Chemotherapy
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What causes a tumor?
• We don’t know yet…• But:
– 5% arise from genetic inheritance (usually extra copies chromosome 7)
– Environment also plays a role
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Bibliography• http://www.willamette.edu/~gorr/classes/cs449/figs/neurons.jpg• http://www.mayoclinic.org/metastatic-brain-tumors/• http://www.irsa.org/metastatic_tumors.html• http://www.irsa.org/astrocytoma.html• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007222.htm• http://psychology.about.com/od/biopsychology/f/neuron01.htm• http://encefalus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/neuron_2.jpg• http://sakshat.amrita.ac.in/VirtualLab/images/neuron.png• http://tuberose.com/Graphics/brain%20tumor.jpeg• http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2009/04/neurons1.jpg