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From my understanding, a primary brain tumor is a tumor which began in the brain. Other types of tumors are metastatic - they are cancer which began elsewhere in the body and migrated to the secondary location, the brain.
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melissajessie | @melissajessie | Oct 4, 2023

Thanks. Guess I wasn't thinking cancer but you are correct in the fact that all divisions of medicine have a certain amount of their own terminology. And you described what Primary & Metastatic mean. Thanks for shaking this old brain up.

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