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Distribution of common primary brain tumors by histological subtype
| Meningiomas: most common, 34% of all brain tumors |
| Gliomas: 30% of all brain tumors and 80% of all malignant tumors |
| Glioblastomas: 17% of all brain tumors and 54% of gliomas |
| Astrocytomas: 7% of all brain tumors |
| Nerve sheath tumors: 9% of all brain tumors |
| Pituitary tumors: 13% of all brain tumors |
| Lymphomas: 2% of all brain tumors |
| Oligodendrogliomas: 2% of all brain tumors |
| Medulloblastomas: 1% of all brain tumors |
