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How to find out if you have brain cancer

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   How to find out if you have brain cancer Less than 1% of the human race will be susceptible to being diagnosed with brain cancer or another cancer related to the nervous system at some point in their lifetime. In layman's terms, that's 1 in 161 men and women worldwide will be affected in some way by this disease. The brain is the control center of the nervous system (computer) which is made up of soft tissue (60% fat) and where the brain (the main part of the brain) has between 15 - 35 million neurons ([nerve cells] the basic part of the nervous system) each it is connected to synapses (structures) that allow electrical or chemical signals to be transmitted to other cells. Typical symptoms of brain cancer can include such things as vision problems, weakness and paralysis (stroke) due to loss of brain cells, although symptoms can vary and may well depend on the patient's particular problem.  Besides to the general tests to check if someone has brain cancer, such as: blo...