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What kind of brain tumor is more likely to be fatal one that metastasize from another area of the body or one that has grown from the brain?
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A glioblastoma multiforma tumor ("glioblastoma") is the fastest spreading cancer of the brain and is also the most deadly. As its name suggests, it affects glial cells - mostly astrocytes - so a glioblastoma can develop and metastasize anywhere in the brain
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