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Adult
Brain Tumor Treatment Information
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Important: This
information is intended mainly for use by doctors and other health care
professionals. If you have questions about this topic, you can ask your
doctor, or call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER
(1-800-422-6237).
CELLULAR CLASSIFICATION
Histological classification for adult brain tumors is as follows:[1]
Glial tumors:
- astrocytic tumors
- noninfiltrating
- juvenile pilocytic
subependymal
infiltrating
- well-differentiated mildly and moderately anaplastic
astrocytoma
anaplastic astrocytoma
glioblastoma multiforme
ependymal tumors
- myxopapillary and well-differentiated ependymoma
anaplastic ependymoma
ependymoblastoma
oligodendroglial tumors
- well-differentiated oligodendroglioma
anaplastic oligodendroglioma
mixed tumors
- mixed astrocytoma-ependymoma
mixed astrocytoma-oligodendroglioma
mixed astrocytoma-ependymoma-oligodendroglioma
medulloblastoma
Nonglial tumors:
- pineal parenchymal tumors
- pineocytoma
pineoblastoma
astrocytoma (see above)
germ cell tumors
- germinoma
embryonal carcinoma
choriocarcinoma
teratoma
craniopharyngioma
meningiomas
- meningioma
malignant meningiomas
- anaplastic meningioma
hemangiopericytoma
papillary meningioma
choroid plexus tumors
- choroid plexus papilloma
anaplastic choroid plexus papilloma
References:
- Kleihues P, Burger PC, Scheithauer BW, et al.:
Histological typing of tumours of the central nervous system. Berlin:
Springer-Verlag, 2nd ed., 1993.
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