How does a brain tumor affect the brain?

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A brain tumor can have an unlimited amount of effects. Not only it depends if the tumor is localized or spreads, but it also depends on the specific brain areas it affects. Also, even if a brain tumor is localized, since it is growing, a brain tumor will apply more and more pressure on the surrounding brain areas responsible for different cognitive domains such as memory, language, sensing, decision making...etc...
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