Neoplasms

Question 1

The most common type of brain tumor

Answer 1

GBM

Question 2

Grades of neoplasm 1-4

Answer 2

Grade I: includes lesions with a low potential for spreading, are frequently discrete,
and there is a possibility of cure following surgical resection alone.
Grade II: includes lesions that are general infiltrative and low mitotic activity but
recur.
Grade III: includes lesions with histologic evidence of malignancy, generally in the
form of mitotic activity
Grade IV: includes lesions that are mitotically active, necrosis-prone, and generally
associated with a rapid pre-operative and post-operative evolution of disease

Question 3

Trx for tumors

Answer 3

treatment can consist of surgical resection,
conventional radiation, radiosurgery, and/or chemotherapy

benign: surgery

Question 4

The most common brain malignancy in children

Answer 4

Medulloblastoma

Question 5

The most frequent metastatic brain tumors originate

Answer 5

from the lung,
skin (melanoma), kidney (renal cell carcinoma), breast, and colon

Question 6

Most common brain tumors

demographic

Answer 6

meningioma, gilomas

women, adults in 6th or 7th decade

Question 7

Brain tumors located in the lobes are called ________ and tumors located in the cerebellum or brainstem are called ______

Answer 7

supratentorial, infratentorial