| Question 1: [3] The hydrocephalus caused by the blocking drainage of the ________ can be removed with this operation. | |||
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| Question 2: The initial discovery of the virus' ________ properties were limited to only a few types of cancer. | |||
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| Question 3: The definitive diagnosis of brain tumor can only be confirmed by histological examination of tumor tissue samples obtained either by means of brain ________ or open surgery. | |||
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| Question 4: They are the only institution in the ________ that shows how brain tumor patients are performing on current therapies. | |||
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| Question 5: Primary (true) brain tumors are commonly located in the posterior cranial fossa in children and in the anterior two-thirds of the cerebral hemispheres in ________, although they can affect any part of the brain. | |||
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| Question 6: These symptoms are not specific for brain tumors—they may be caused by a large variety of neurologic conditions (e.g. ________, traumatic brain injury). | |||
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| Question 7: Patients with various inherited diseases, such as Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, ________, neurofibromatosis type 2 are at high risk of developing brain tumors. | |||
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| Question 8: Several independent studies have indentified many more types susceptible to the virus, including ________ cancer cells, which account for the majority of brain tumors. | |||
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| Question 9: Brain and CNS cancers at the ________ | |||
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| Question 10: However, even small tumors obstructing the passage of ________ (CSF) may cause early signs of increased intracranial pressure. | |||
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