A frightful diagnosis

There are two major groups of brain tumors. First, there are benign brain tumors. They are not cancerous and can usually be cured by surgery. Benign tumors grow extremely slowly and may take years to fully develop. They are also known to reoccur after being cured (Brain Tumor 1).

The other type is a malignant brain tumor. These tumors are often

Since there are so many different types of brain tumors, scientists have a grading system used to group them. First, there is Grade I. These are the slow growing, benign tumors. Next, is Grade II. This stage is a little more dangerous because the cells are becoming abnormal and they start spreading to other tissue. Grade III tumors are the same as Grade II except they grow faster. The final grade is Grade IV. The cells of these tumors are aggressive and will reproduce quickly (Brain Tumor 2).

Johnny Gunther, son of John and Frances Gunther, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. His brain was five hundred grams over the average sized male brain tumor (Gunther 116). Johnny went to several different doctors trying to find the best treatment for the type of tumor that he had (26).

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