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  2. Meningioma - Wikipedia

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    In a 2008 review of the latter two categories, atypical and anaplastic-meningioma cases, the mean overall survival for atypical meningiomas was found to be 11.9 years vs. 3.3 years for anaplastic meningiomas. Mean relapse-free survival for atypical meningiomas was 11.5 years vs. 2.7 years for anaplastic meningiomas. [25] Malignant anaplastic ...

  3. Brain tumor - Wikipedia

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    Malignant glioblastomas usually have very poor outcomes, while benign meningiomas usually have good outcomes. [3] The average five-year survival rate for all (malignant) brain cancers in the United States is 33%. [4]

  4. Hemangiopericytoma - Wikipedia

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    Painless mass [1] Usual onset. 45 years of age (median) [1] A hemangiopericytoma is a type of soft-tissue sarcoma that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries. When inside the nervous system, although not strictly a meningioma tumor, it is a meningeal tumor with a special aggressive behavior. It was first characterized in 1942.

  5. Sphenoid wing meningioma - Wikipedia

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    A meningioma is a benign brain tumor. It originates from the arachnoid (not the dura), the tissue covering the brain and spinal cord lying deep to the dura. Meningiomas are much more common in females, and are more common after 50 years of age. Of all cranial meningiomas, about 20% of them are in the sphenoid wing.

  6. List of people with brain tumors - Wikipedia

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    The National Cancer Institute estimated 22,070 new cases of primary brain cancer and 12,920 deaths due to the illness in the United States in 2009. The age-adjusted incidence rate is 6.4 per 100,000 per year, and the death rate is 4.3 per 100,000 per year. The lifetime risk of developing brain cancer for someone born today is 0.60%.

  7. Neurofibromatosis type II - Wikipedia

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    Neurofibromatosis type II (also known as MISME syndrome – multiple inherited schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas) is a genetic condition that may be inherited or may arise spontaneously, and causes benign tumors of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. The types of tumors frequently associated with NF2 include vestibular ...

  8. Leptomeningeal cancer - Wikipedia

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    Specialty. Oncology, neurology. Leptomeningeal cancer is a rare complication of cancer in which the disease spreads from the original tumor site to the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord. [1] This leads to an inflammatory response, hence the alternative names neoplastic meningitis (NM), malignant meningitis, or carcinomatous ...

  9. Gliosarcoma - Wikipedia

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    Gliosarcoma is a rare type of glioma, a cancer of the brain that comes from glial, or supportive, brain cells, as opposed to the neural brain cells. Gliosarcoma is a malignant cancer, and is defined as a glioblastoma consisting of gliomatous and sarcomatous components. [3] Primary gliosarcoma (PGS) is classified as a grade IV tumor and a ...

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