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Does brain cancer spread from the brain into the spine?
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Yes: Some brain cancers spread that way. Examples: cerebral glioblastoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, ependymoma/myxopapillary ependymoma, posterior fossa medulloblastoma (pnet-mb), pineal tumours (eg. Germinoma, pineoblastoma), choroid plexus neoplasms.
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Depending on what: Type of brain cancer and where the original lesion is, it is possible for metastasis.
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