loading...| Preferred Name |
Glioma |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3059 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
A general term for tumors of the central nervous system, including astrocytomas, ependymal tumors, glioblastoma multiforme, and primitive neuroectodermal tumors. |
| code |
C3059 |
| Concept_In_Subset | |
| Contributing_Source |
NICHD |
| DEFINITION |
A benign or malignant brain and spinal cord tumor that arises from glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells). Tumors that arise from astrocytes are called astrocytic tumors or astrocytomas. Tumors that arise from oligodendrocytes are called oligodendroglial tumors. Tumors that arise from ependymal cells are called ependymomas. |
| FULL_SYN |
Tumor of Neuroglia Neoplasm of Neuroglia Glial Tumor Neoplasm of the Neuroglia Neuroglial Neoplasm Glial Neoplasm Neuroglial Tumor Tumor of the Neuroglia |
| Has_NICHD_Parent | |
| label |
Glioma |
| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Neuroglial_Tumor |
| Neoplastic_Status |
Malignant |
| NICHD_Hierarchy_Term |
Glioma |
| Preferred_Name |
Glioma |
| prefixIRI |
C3059 |
| prefLabel |
Glioma |
| Semantic_Type |
Neoplastic Process |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0017638 |
| subClassOf |