A brain tumor

- is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a

tumor (defined as an abnormal growth of cells)
within the brain or the central spinal canal.

- brain tumors may be primary

growths arising directly from tissues within the
skull or metastases (secondary growths) that
have spread via the bloodstream from
cancerous tumors elsewhere in the body,
particularly from those in the lung or breast.
 “BENIGN"
- refers to a condition, tumor, or
growth that is NOT cancerous. This means
that it does not spread to other parts of the
body or destroy nearby tissue. Benign tumors
usually grow slowly.

In general, a benign tumor or condition is not

harmful. However, this is not always the case.
If a benign tumor is big enough, its size and
weight can press on nearby blood vessels,
nerves, or organs, or otherwise cause
problems.

“MALIGNANT”
- refers to cancerous cells that
usually have the ability to spread, invade, and
destroy tissue. Malignant cells tend to have
fast, uncontrolled growth. Malignant cells that
are resistant to treatment may return after
being removed or destroyed.
Cellphones and Brain Tumors
The 10-year Interphone study, the
world's biggest study of the health
effects of mobile phones, found while
there was no increased risk of cancer
overall, those in the top 10 per cent of
phone use are up to 40 per cent more
likely to develop glioma, a common type
of brain cancer.
Just 30 minutes of mobile talk time daily was
enough to put participants into the top 10 per
cent category in the study, carried out in 13
countries, including Australia, and involving
more than 5000 brain cancer patients
worldwide.
suggestions of an increased risk of glioma, and
much less so meningioma, in the highest decile
(10 per cent) of cumulative call time, in subjects
who reported phone use on the same side of the
head as their tumour"