Brain tumour types

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There are many types and categories of brain tumour; at Brain Tumour Research we strive to provide accurate and useful information regarding as many of these as possible.

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A

Acoustic neuroma

Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma

Anaplastic astrocytoma 

Anaplastic glioma

Astrocytoma

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (AT/RT)

B

Brainstem glioma

C

Choroid Plexus

CNS lymphoma

Colloid cyst

Craniopharyngioma

D

Diffuse astrocytoma

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)

Diffuse midline glioma

E

Embryonal tumours

Ependymoma

G

Ganglioglioma

Germ cell tumour (GCT)

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)

Glioma

H

Haemangioblastoma

Haemangiopericytoma

M

Medulloblastoma

Meningioma

Mixed glioma

N

Neuroblastoma

Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial

O

Oligodendroglioma

Optic nerve / Optic pathway glioma

P

Peripheral fibroblastoma

Pineal gland tumours

Pineal parenchymal tumour with intermediate differentiation (PPTID)

Pineal region tumours

Pituitary tumours

Primary CNS Lymphoma (PCNSL)

Primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs)

S

Schwannoma

Solitary fibrous tumour

Spinal cord tumours

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