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Brain Tumor

A brain tumor is an abnormal mass arising from the uncontrolled proliferation of cells within the brain or its surrounding structures. Tumors are classified as primary when they originate in central nervous system tissue and as secondary, or metastatic, when they spread to the brain from cancers elsewhere in the bod…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 8 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 21× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2474-3585 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

A brain tumor is an abnormal mass arising from the uncontrolled proliferation of cells within the brain or its surrounding structures. Tumors are classified as primary when they originate in central nervous system tissue and as secondary, or metastatic, when they spread to the brain from cancers elsewhere in the body, and they range from slow-growing benign lesions to aggressive malignancies. Primary tumors are further categorized by cell of origin, encompassing gliomas derived from glial cells, meningiomas arising from the meninges, embryonal tumors such as medulloblastoma that occur predominantly in children, and others, with histologic and increasingly molecular features determining grade, behavior, and prognosis. Clinical presentation depends on tumor size, location, and growth rate: because the skull is a fixed compartment, expanding masses raise intracranial pressure and produce headache, nausea, and seizures, while focal effects reflect the region involved, ranging from neurological and visual deficits to neuropsychiatric and behavioral changes when functional areas such as the frontal lobe are affected. Distinguishing a new lesion as a primary tumor, a recurrence, or a metastasis is critical and relies on contemporary pathology and imaging techniques. Diagnosis combines neuroimaging with tissue examination, and management may include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted approaches according to tumor type and grade. Accurate classification and localization are central to prognosis and to selecting appropriate, often multidisciplinary, treatment.

Research published in this journal

8 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Newly-Detected Solitary Bony Lytic/Sclerotic Lesion with Soft Tissue Mass in a Previously Treated Case of High-Risk Medulloblastoma: Importance of Contemporary Pathology Techniques to Differentiate Second Malignant Neoplasm from Extra-Neuraxial Metastasis 

Gupta TejpalCorresponding author
Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) and Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai: 400 012, INDIA
Exact topic Brain And Spinal Cancer Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2576-182X.jbsc-14-576

How this research is being cited

The 8 articles above have been cited 21 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Preventive Medicine And Care (ISSN 2474-3585).

Journal editorial board
Heejung Kim · South Korea Monica Wang · United States Siddhartha Jonnalagadda · United States

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