What are the differences between brain cancer and cervical spondylosis

Brain cancer is also called intracranial tumor or brain tumor. It includes primary tumors in the brain substance or its adjacent tissues (blood vessels, choroid, pituitary gland, pineal gland, etc.). There are also metastatic tumors or sarcomas that metastasize to the brain. It also includes inflammatory tumors such as tuberculosis and parasitic cysts, and various space-occupying lesions that can cause progressive increase in intracranial pressure and compress brain tissue. So what are the differences between brain cancer and cervical spondylosis?

Tumors that grow in the skull are generally called brain tumors, including primary brain tumors that originate from the brain parenchyma and secondary brain tumors that metastasize from other parts of the body to the skull. The cause of the disease is still unknown. Tumors that originate from the brain, meninges, pituitary gland, cranial nerves, cerebral blood vessels, and residual embryonic tissues are called primary intracranial tumors. Malignant tumors that metastasize from other organs and tissues of the body to the skull are called secondary intracranial tumors. Intracranial tumors can occur at any age, but are most common in people aged 20-50.
Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical syndrome, is a general term for cervical osteoarthritis, hyperplastic cervical spondylitis, cervical nerve root syndrome, and cervical disc herniation. It is a disease based on degenerative pathological changes. It is mainly caused by long-term strain of the cervical spine, bone hyperplasia, or disc herniation, ligament thickening, which causes compression of the cervical spinal cord, nerve roots or vertebral arteries, and a series of clinical syndromes with dysfunction. It manifests as a series of pathological changes in the cervical disc degeneration itself and its secondary changes, such as vertebral instability and looseness; nucleus pulposus protrusion or prolapse; bone spur formation; ligament hypertrophy and secondary spinal canal stenosis, etc., which stimulate or compress the adjacent nerve roots, spinal cord, vertebral artery and cervical sympathetic nerves and other tissues, and cause a variety of symptoms and signs. Cervical spondylosis can be divided into: cervical type cervical spondylosis, nerve root type cervical spondylosis, spinal cord type cervical spondylosis, vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis, sympathetic nerve type cervical spondylosis, and esophageal compression type cervical spondylosis. It is common in middle-aged and elderly people. The incidence rate in men is slightly higher than that in women.