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Orbital Tumors The acoustic (eighth cranial) nerve includes branches that mediate the sense of balance and head position (the vestibular nerve), as well as hearing (the cochlear nerve). Acoustic neuromas...

Oligodendrogliomas Oligodendrogliomas are a type of glial cell tumor arising from oligodendrocytes, glial cells that form insulation around neurons, that helps them conduct electrical impulses. These uncommon, usually slow-growing, tumors...

Mixed Gliomas The brain is comprised of nerve cells as well as other cells that support and protect the nerve cells, called glial cells. Most brain tumors are named after...

Metastatic Brain Tumors About  Symptoms Treatment Our Difference  More common than tumors that originate inside the brain itself, metastatic (or "secondary") brain tumors arise from cancer that develops elsewhere in...

Meningiomas About  Symptoms Treatment Our Difference  The idea of any brain tumor can be frightening, but the word “tumor” just refers to an excessive growth of cells, which does not...