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 Brain Cancer                   More info on this condition
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 The first-line treatment for tumors of the nervous system is surgical removal. Even if the location of a tumor makes complete removal impossible, decreasing its mass can improve the effectiveness of second-line treatments like chemotherapy and radiation.

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