Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma is associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 ( NF1 ), and optic gliomas are among the most frequently encountered tumors in patients with this disorder.
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Astrocytoma and ependymoma are more familiar intramedullary tumors which share many similar features to ganglioglioma, including T2 hyperintensity, enhancement, tumoral cysts, and cord edema.
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Grading of the tumor sample is a method of classification that helps the doctor to determine the severity of the astrocytoma and to decide on the best treatment options.
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Poorly defined margins may be more suggestive of astrocytoma, while a central location in the spinal cord, hemorrhage, and hemosiderin staining are often seen with ependymoma.
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Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, and hemangioblastoma are well-established, pediatric brain cancer tumors that are often confused with astroblastoma patients.
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However, Carlo opposed reconsidering or reclassifying the New York cases as astrocytoma, saying that would be " retrofitting the data and would invalidate the study ."
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Recently, it has also been discovered that mPR? and mPR? are clearly expressed at mRNA and protein levels in astrocytoma cells whereas mPR? was barely expressed in these cells.
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Examples of such tumor types include NSCLC, mCRC, salivary gland cancer, sarcoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer, glioblastoma, astrocytoma, cholangiocarcinoma, lymphoma and others.
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Eighty to 90 percent of the tumor, known medically as an astrocytoma, was cut from the right side of Quisenberry's brain during Thursday morning's surgery.
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It is an alkylating agent used as a treatment of some brain cancers; as a second-line treatment for astrocytoma and a first-line treatment for glioblastoma multiforme.
