Does anyone know anything about the causes of brain tumours, whether they are on the increase or if there is any ongoing research into this?
drflo
Fantastic expansion! Could you provide PMID numbers for the references? JFW | T@lk 14:04, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
jfd
thank you, and also thanks for adding the PMIDs! There's still work to be done on this article and especially the references - I'll tackle this as soon as I get a chance. I'm also thinking about adding a few images. I don't mind joining Wikiproject "clinical medicine", thanks for the invite. DrFlo1 19:15, May 23, 2005 (EDT)
Deaths
Do brain tumors always result in death? 64.136.27.226 23:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
- No. In fact, a benign tumor is very unlikely to cause death. Many times they can be surgically removed.
Most "benign" (low-grade) gliomas tend to transform into malignant ones (anaplastic degeneration), and their complete surgical removal is extremely difficult, to say the least, due to their infiltrative nature. Whether surgery has any beneficial efect in slowing down anaplastic degeneration and extending survival time is far from being proven. On the other side, many extra-axial tumors, such as meningeomas, can be surgically cured.
What is this?
Brain cancer develops from overexposure to watermelons, as well as taxis. One who spends over 1 hour near any of those substances will automatically develop this condition. A troll?
Update: The first symptom of brain cancer is the development of excessively sweaty armpits. Followed by chronic lying. The person becomes unable to tell the truth about anything. Constipation is the third major sign. Should anyone begin to notice theses symptoms they are advised to see their closest drug dealer immediately. There is no hope for you so you may as well not remember any of it.
Okay, someone who knows a LOT about Brain tumors, please clean up this article from the troll.
- You did it pretty well yourself! Next time try this. JFW | T@lk 01:25, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Durova
Durova (talk · contribs) inserted a paragraph that distinguished "brain cancer" from "brain tumor". Both terms refer to tumors in the brain, although "brain cancer" would refer to malignancy, while "tumor" can refer to both. It is not true that "brain cancer" is used exclusively for cerebral metastasis.
I also removed the assertion that brain tumors now kill more children than leukaemia[1]. Without a source, this cannot be sustained. JFW | T@lk 03:08, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- It takes a somewhat careful reading and wording to state this correctly: The United States diagnoses more total cases of childhood leukemia each year. Due to higher mortality rates, brain tumors are responsible for a greater number of deaths.
- Durova 01:23, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
But those URLs mix cerebral metastasis and primary brain tumors. Confusing. JFW | T@lk 02:38, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- It's been a couple of years since this was an issue in my family and I was unable to relocate the original article. Keep an eye open for the subject, please? Common sense suggests that metastatic brain tumors are a minimal cause of pediatric diagnoses. Durova 15:15, 5 December 2005 (UTC)