Is a grade 2 ganglioglioma brain tumor benign or malignant?

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please answer

Answer 1

usually if a tumor is graded it is considered to be cancerous, i believe

Answer 2

The short answer is yes, it depends. Brain tumors are like real estate. It depends on 3 things. Location, Location, Location.

Generally speaking, if a complete resection can be done, there is a pretty good chance of it being gone for good. If it can not be removed, it can become a higher grade pretty quickly.

Even a benign brain tumor is a dangerous thing. The brain has a very limited amount of space inside the skull. If a benign brain tumor continues to grow it pushes the brain out of the way and can cause pressure inside the skull. Not a good thing.

There are a couple of things about brain tumors. A primary brain tumor is most likely not going to metastasize. It does not travel outside of the brain. If you have the tumor, then get off the internet. You will read a bunch of scary stuff and get even more scared. The internet is a great resourse, but it has all sorts of stuff on it that can be misleading. If it is someone you love with the tumor, remind them that the statistics they read are just that, statistics. Your loved one is not a statistic. Each tumor is as individual as the person that has it. Most of the stats that you will see are several years old. Think about it, stats for five and ten year survival rates are at least 5 or 10 years old. Brain tumor treatments have advanced greatly over the last several years. Tumors types, like a GBM, that gave a prognosis of 6 months or less are now looking at 2 years or so.

Remember that the most important thing you can do is Never give up and never surrender.