Richard Engelbrink Houston and Top List of Brain Tumor Vocabulary

A Glossary for Brain Tumor Common Used Terms

 

 

 

Richard Engelbrink Houston 80 year old man list of Brain Tumor common terms

Alice Engelbrink, also from Houston, TX with list of glossary words.

Biopsy: taking a sample of tissue to study under a microscope in an effort to diagnose the brain tumor

Chemotherapy: a method of killing brain tumor cells

Neurologist: a doctor who is a specialist in brain and central nervous system issues

Oncologist: a doctor who is a specialist in brain tumors

Prognosis: a believed estimate of recovering or surviving

Radiation Therapy: high powered x-ray to kill brain tumor cells

Brain Tumor: an abnormal growth of cells and tissue in the brain