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- brain cells that nourish nerve cells
-located in myelin sheath surrounding brain nerve cells
-make up supportive, glial, brain tissue
- the role of chromosomal abnormalities, genes, and proteins on development are being studied
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-A through D grade system based on microscopic features
-indicates tumor cell reproduction speed and level of aggression
surgery
radiation therapy
chemotherapy
low grade:
maniglant/anaplastic:
Most Common Symptoms: seizures, headaches, behavioral and cognitive changes, weakness or paralysis
-other symptoms dependent of tumor size and location
Frontal
50%, can cause weakness on one side of body, personality or behavior change, short term memory difficulty
Temporal
low grade: abnormalities hard to recognize under microscope, slow growing
anaplastic (malignant): very abnormal cell appearance, faster growing
causes few obvious symptoms, seizures and language problems
MRI or CT/CAT scan, tests on fields of vision, sharpness of vision, hearing, surgery for a accurate diagnosis