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Brain Cancer

Photo: An MRI scan depicting a brain with tumors

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to produce this image of cancer (orange area) that has spread from the lungs to the brain. This person will have the option of whole body treatment to fight the cancer, but at this stage, the disease is usually inoperable and fatal.

Photograph by Zephyr/Science Photo Library