GLIOBLASTOMA

The exact cause of most primary adult brain tumors remains unknown: .

Although the above listed genetic syndromes raise the risk, there other factors that are known as well in certian cases: Being exposed to vinyl chloride may increase the risk of glioma; Past treatment with radiation therapy to the scalp or brain may increase the risk of meningioma; Infection with the Epstein-Barr virus, having AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), or receiving an organ transplant may increase the risk of primary CNS lymphoma..

	Unusual tumors also include : Astroblastoma, Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle, Gliomatosis cerebri, Gangliocytoma or ganglioglioma, Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma or ganglioglioma, Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, and Central neurocytoma
	RESEARCH can cure Glioma

The types of cancer that commonly spread to the brain are melanoma and cancer of the breast, colon, lung, and unknown primary site. The types of cancer that commonly spread to the spinal cord are lymphoma and cancer of the lung, and breast. About half of metastatic brain and spinal cord tumors are caused by lung cancer. Leukemia, lymphoma, breast cancer, and gastrointestinal cancer may spread to the leptomeninges