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 * General Introduction**
 * What is brain cancer?
 * What are the different types?
 * Which affect children most?
 * Brain overview: Parts & Functions
 * Symptoms** -- quick overview based on location in the brain
 * Treatment**
 * Which treatments (radiation, chemotherapy, surgery) are used for brain cancer?
 * Are certain treatments preferential for different types of brain cancer?
 * Do some have a better success rate?
 * What are the difficulties of treating a child versus an adult?
 * Do treatments present more negative immediate effects in a child than they would in an adult?
 * Long-term effects**
 * What health problems can one expect to experience as an adult having suffered a brain tumor as a child?
 * Which of these health problems are most common?
 * What is the likelihood of developing a new type of cancer from the therapies used to combat the first? Is this more or less likely than a recurrence of brain cancer?
 * Comparison**
 * Are neurological problems attributed more so to the impact of the physical tumor itself in the brain or the effects of radiation and/or chemotherapy? More generally, what are these effects be most attributed to in the cancer treatment process?
 * Age of diagnosis?
 * Location of cancer in the brain?
 * Type of treatment? Length of treatment?
 * Malignant or benign tumors?
 * Does adult surviving a brain tumor experience the same long-term effects as a child with a similar type of tumor?
 * How is surgery compared to other types of brain surgeries? Are there similar long-term effects?
 * What effects can a benign tumor cause if left untreated? Is it more beneficial over the long-term to leave a benign tumor intact or remove it? Does this still depend on location?
 * Impact on the parents**
 * Should knowledge of the effects of the different types of treatment affect a parent's judgment in deciding how to best treat their child? Is such consideration up to the doctor alone?
 * Conclusions**

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