Brain Cancer

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Chemotherapy

Generally, tumors are satisfactorily treated with radiation and/or surgery. Chemotherapy is not used for benign tumors and is generally not a very effective treatment for most malignant primary brain tumors or metastatic tumors.

The problem with chemotherapy is that it works by interrupting mitosis, the process of cell division. Many brain tumors grow slowly by nature, so slowing their growth by chemotherapy doesn't do much good. Another problem with chemotherapy is that ther...Read the full article