惡性膠質(zhì)瘤通常會像從植物伸展出來的根須一樣在腦內(nèi)擴(kuò)散。這使切除腫瘤變的非常困難。難以找到腫瘤組織與健康組織之間清晰的界限。
Last week doctors in Massachusetts announced that Senator Ted Kennedy has brain cancer. The news came after he suffered a seizure. Doctors found a glioma, a growth in the supportive tissue of the brain. The glial tissue is where the largest percentage of brain tumors begi…
上周，馬薩諸塞州的醫(yī)生宣布參議員特德·肯尼迪患有腦癌。該消息在他發(fā)病后傳出。醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)他患有膠質(zhì)細(xì)胞瘤，這種腫瘤生長在腦部支持組織中。膠質(zhì)組織是絕大多數(shù)腦部腫瘤的起源。 超過40%的腦部增生是膠質(zhì)細(xì)胞瘤。但是，約80%的癌樣生長是由它們引起的，正如發(fā)生在參議員肯尼迪所患的惡性膠質(zhì)細(xì)胞瘤。疾病發(fā)作和頭疼是膠質(zhì)細(xì)…