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Brain Tumor
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions ...and other reference sources Astrocytoma Ependymoma Germinoma Glioma Medulloblastoma Meningioma Neuroblastoma Oncology A brain tumor...medical names such as astrocytoma (as-tro-sy-TO-ma), glioma (glee-O-ma), ependymoma (e-pen-di-MO-ma...
Oligodendroglioma
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...called glial cells. Any tumor of these glial cells is called a glioma. Oligodendrogliomas are tumors that arise from a type of glial...common than either form of pure oligodendroglioma is the mixed glioma, or oligoastrocytoma. These mixed gliomas are a mixture of...
Astrocytoma
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...compressing delicate brain tissue. Astrocytomas are a type of glioma, a tumor of glial cells (specialized cells that give physical...glioblastoma multiforme. Oligoastrocytomas are a type of mixed glioma similar to astrocytomas. They usually contain cells that originate...
Carmustine
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...carmustine is used to treat several types of brain tumors, including astrocytoma , ependymoma , glioblastoma, brainstem glioma, medulloblastoma . It is usually given intravenously, but it is also available as a wafer that is implanted in the brain during...
Familial Cancer Syndromes
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...Hippel-Lindau syndrome; renal cell carcinoma NF1 von Recklinghausen's disease; neurofibromatosis type 1; schwannoma and glioma NF2 Neurofibromatosis type 2; acoustic neuroma and meningiomas APC Familial adenomatous polyposis; colorectal tumors MMR Hereditary...
Cancer
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...the most common high-risk cancers among children are: acute myeloid leukemia acute lymphoblastic leukemia neuroblastoma glioma sarcoma of bone (osteosarcoma) and soft tissue Demographics Childhood cancer is rare, occurring in about 14 in 100,000...
Harvey Williams Cushing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Tumours of the Nervus Acusticus and the Syndrome of the Cerebellopontile (1917); A Classification of the Tumours of the Glioma (1926), with P. Bailey; Tumours Arising from the Blood Vessels of the Brain: Angiomatous Malformations and Hemangioblastomas...

Dictionary entries related to "glioma"

glioma
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing glioma (gly- oh -mă) n. any tumour of glial cells in the nervous system. The term is sometimes used for all tumours that arise in the central nervous system.
neuroepithelioma
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing neuroepithelioma (newr-oh-epi-th'ee-li- oh -mă) n. a malignant tumour of the retina of the eye. It is a form of glioma and may spread into the brain if not treated early.

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New glioma cell biology study findings recently were published by researchers at Southern Medical University.
Newspaper article from: Gene Therapy Weekly; 5/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...sensitive potassium channels control glioma cells proliferation by regulating ERK...s Republic of China report (see also Glioma Cell Biology). "In the present study...critical role in the proliferation of glioma cells. The expression of K(ATP) channels...
Origin of Chordoid Glioma of the Third Ventricle
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Context.-Chordoid glioma is a relatively recently described unique...Origin." Many examples of chordoid glioma come to clinical attention only at a...Accordingly, the anatomic origin of chordoid glioma has been unclear and debated. Objective...
New glioma research reported from La Trobe University.
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 8/26/2008; 700+ words ; ...Apo-2L has shown promise as an anti-glioma drug, based on investigations of TRAIL sensitivity in established glioma cell lines, but it is not known how accurately TRAIL signalling pathways of glioma cells in vivo are reproduced in these cell...
Reports outline glioma research from Soochow University.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 10/20/2009; 700+ words ; ...aim of this study is to explore if ABCG2 is related to the grade of glioma and resistance to chemotherapeutic drug for glioma. The ABCG2 expression and distribution among glioma tissues of different grades and other samples were examined using...
Dobesilate diminishes activation of the mitogen - activated protein kinase ERK1/2 in glioma cells
Magazine article from: Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...malignancy, and are essential for glioma progression. FGFs induce upregulation...MAPK) signaling cascade in cultured glioma cells, which suggests that MAPK pathway participates in the FGF-dependent glioma development. Recently, it has been...
Dendritic cell-based glioma immunotherapy reviewed.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/20/2003; 700+ words ; ...A review of dendritic cell-based glioma immunotherapy has been published in a...the prognosis of patients with malignant glioma is poor. Among the new treatments currently being investigated for malignant glioma, immunotherapy is theoretically very...
The Elusive Origin of Chordoid Glioma
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Chordoid glioma is a recently recognized central nervous...its current designation as "chordoid glioma." The 2000 World Health Organization...sytem neoplasms has included chordoid glioma as a distinct entity, and with this increased...
Prognostic Value of O-(2-^sup 18^F-Fluoroethyl)-L-Tyrosine PET and MRI in Low-Grade Glioma
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; In glioma of World Health Organization (WHO) grade II (low-grade glioma), the natural course of a particular patient is...untreated, nonenhancing, supratentorial low-grade glioma with special regard to PET using the amino acid O...
Three-dimensional imaging of cortical structure, function and glioma for tumor resection
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...structure in relation to brain function and glioma infiltration to determine tumor resectability. Methods: Sixteen patients with glioma had a PET scan with ^sup 11^C-methionine...or near total resection of low-grade glioma in eight patients and the effective decompression...
Investigators at Kumamoto University zero in on glioma.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 9/15/2009; 700+ words ; ...elevated in response to several types of glioma." "Although IL-6 is said to play an important role in glioma, the involvement of IL-6 signaling...the involvement of IL-6 signaling in glioma and the inhibitory effect of IL-6 signaling...