What's New
RSS FeedIn the News
- Olivier Rixe, MD, PhD: Discovering Cancer Drugs Is Life Goal
- Cincy Magazine's Top 17 Medical Breakthroughs
- Finding and Fighting Brain Tumors »
- Vandalia Butler senior fighting back after brain surgeries »
- Lasers Making a Comeback »
- Acoustic Neuroma Q&A »
- Combined Radiation Seeds and Chemotherapy Wafers Show Promise »
Would you like to get the latest updates on Brain Tumor Center news?…
Upcoming events
Would you like to get the latest updates on Brain Tumor Center events?…
LINKs
Types of Brain Tumors
Although there are more than 120 types of brain tumors, they generally fall into a handful of categories. Forty percent of all primary brain tumors are gliomas, the most common of which is glioblastoma multiforme. Another 30 percent of primary brain tumors are meningiomas. Neurosurgeons also treat neuromas, pituitary tumors, lymphoma and spinal tumors.
Acoustic Neuroma » 
printable fact sheet (PDF) »
Glioblastoma » printable fact sheet (PDF) »
Glioma » printable fact sheet (PDF) »
Meningioma » printable fact sheet (PDF) »
Metastatic » printable fact sheet (PDF) »
Pituitary » printable fact sheet (PDF) »
Brain Anatomy
Brain Tumor Center
VIP Blog »
Hope, Innovation, Progress, Support:
The 2009 Midwest Regional Brain Tumor Conference
Joe’s Hope Story: Glioma
"Joe was immersed in writing poems and his memoir when, during a summer trip in central Kentucky with an old friend, he suffered a seizure. He was taken by ambulance to the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, where he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He underwent surgery and awaited the results of his biopsy.
"I thought a lot about death," Joe recalled. Read More »