What makes brain cancers so difficult to treat? a. Nearly all chemotherapy drugs fail to cross the blood–brain barrier. b. Brain cancers spread more rapidly than other cancers. c. The brain includes more pain receptors than other organs. d. The brain has a very low metabolic rate.

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What makes brain cancers so difficult to treat?

a. Nearly all chemotherapy drugs fail to cross the blood–brain barrier.

b. Brain cancers spread more rapidly than other cancers.
c. The brain includes more pain receptors than other organs.

d. The brain has a very low metabolic rate.

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The brain cancer spread very rapidly and quickly. 

For the last many years, medical advancement has improved the outcomes for patients who suffered from a different type of cancer. But despite these factors, brain cancer is very difficult to treat. Cancer is still a challenging target. The survival rate of cancer patients including benign cancer is around 33% according to the national cancer institute. Many factors make cancer very challenging. These factors are such defenses of the brain, accessibility of the tumor. It spreads rapidly and increases the complexity of the brain. 

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