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Astrocytoma is a type of
brain tumor.
Astrocytomas (also astrocytomata)
originate from a
specific kind of star-shaped
glial cell in the
cerebrum called...
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Pilocytic astrocytoma (and its
variant pilomyxoid astrocytoma) is a
brain tumor that
occurs most
commonly in
children and
young adults (in the
first 20...
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Anaplastic astrocytoma is a rare WHO
grade III type of
astrocytoma,
which is a type of
cancer of the brain. In the
United States, the
annual incidence...
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classification of
secondary glioblastoma and
reclassified those tumors as
Astrocytoma, IDH mutant,
grade 4. Only
tumors that are IDH wild type are now classified...
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types of
primary tumors in
adults are
meningiomas (usually benign) and
astrocytomas such as glioblastomas. In children, the most
common type is a malignant...
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Fibrillary astrocytomas are a
group of
primary slow-growing
brain tumors that
typically occur in
adults between the ages of 20 and 50.[citation needed]...
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usually in
middle aged people. Earlier, they were
called subependymal astrocytomas. The
prognosis for a
subependymoma is
better than for most ependymal...
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medication used to
treat brain tumors such as
glioblastoma and
anaplastic astrocytoma. It is
taken by
mouth or via
intravenous infusion. The most
common side...
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Subependymal giant cell
astrocytoma (SEGA, SGCA, or SGCT) is a low-grade
astrocytic brain tumor (
astrocytoma) that
arises within the
ventricles of the...
- are a few
common types that
include astrocytoma (cancer of astrocytes),
glioblastoma (an
agrresive form of
astrocytoma),
oligodendroglioma (cancer of oligodendrocytes)...
