- Brain tumors are the second most common tumors in
children after leukemia/lymphoma
- Definitive diagnosis of brain tumors most often requires pathological
evaluation
- Not all brain tumors in children are malignant
- One of the most common brain tumors in children is a type of
astrocytoma called "pilocytic astrocytoma". This often indolent
tumor was frequently misinterpreted as malignant in the past
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