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Neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord derived from glial cells which vary from histologically benign forms to highly anaplastic and malignant tumors. Fibrillary astrocytomas are the most common type and may be classified in order of increasing malignancy (grades I through IV). In the first two decades of life, astrocytomas tend to originate in the cerebellar hemispheres; in adults, they most frequently arise in the cerebrum and frequently undergo malignant transformation. (From Devita et al., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, pp2013-7; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1082)
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- Astroglioma
- Glioma, Astrocytic
- Astrocytic Glioma
- Astrocytic Gliomas
- Astrocytomas
- Astrogliomas
- Gliomas, Astrocytic
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma
- Astrocytoma, Grade I
- Astrocytoma, Grade II
- Astrocytoma, Grade III
- Astrocytoma, Protoplasmic
- Astrocytoma, Subependymal Giant Cell
- Cerebral Astrocytoma
- Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma
- Fibrillary Astrocytoma
- Gemistocytic Astrocytoma
- Intracranial Astrocytoma
- Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma
- Oligoastrocytoma, Mixed
- Pilocytic Astrocytoma
- Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytomas
- Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma
- Anaplastic Astrocytomas
- Astrocytoma, Anaplastic
- Astrocytoma, Cerebral
- Astrocytoma, Childhood Cerebral
- Astrocytoma, Fibrillary
- Astrocytoma, Gemistocytic
- Astrocytoma, Intracranial
- Astrocytoma, Juvenile Pilocytic
- Astrocytoma, Pilocytic
- Astrocytomas, Grade III
- Cerebral Astrocytoma, Childhood
- Cerebral Astrocytomas
- Childhood Cerebral Astrocytomas
- Fibrillary Astrocytomas
- Gemistocytic Astrocytomas
- Grade I Astrocytoma
- Grade I Astrocytomas
- Grade II Astrocytoma
- Grade II Astrocytomas
- Grade III Astrocytoma
- Grade III Astrocytomas
- Intracranial Astrocytomas
- Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytomas
- Mixed Oligoastrocytoma
- Mixed Oligoastrocytomas
- Pilocytic Astrocytoma, Juvenile
- Pilocytic Astrocytomas
- Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
- Protoplasmic Astrocytoma
- Protoplasmic Astrocytomas
- Xanthoastrocytoma, Pleomorphic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with precoordinated CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM neoplasm term + site; Grades I-III go here, with pathology; for ASTROCYTOMA, GRADE IV see GLIOBLASTOMA; for SUBEPENDYMAL ASTROCYTOMA see GLIOMA, SUBEPENDYMAL; for MIXED OLIGODENDROGLIOMA-ASTROCYTOMA see OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
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1963; for ASTROCYTOMA, SUBEPENDYMAL GIANT CELL use GLIOMA 1994-1999
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- National Library of Medicine. Astrocytoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001254. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001254
- Astrocytoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocytoma
- Astrocytoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177755