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glioblastoma

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a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal

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It is available in the United States for the treatment of colorectal, non-small cell lung, kidney, cervical, and recurrent platinum-resistant and platinum-sensitive ovarian cancers, as well as recurrent glioblastoma. Source: Internet

Newswise — Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered how different mutations in a specific gene help drive glioblastoma, the most lethal form of brain cancer. Source: Internet

The Republican senator from Arizona has glioblastoma, a type of aggressive cancer, that was detected after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix last Friday, Mayo Clinic doctors said. Source: Internet

Carol died in 1993 from the sudden onset of a brain tumor – glioblastoma multiforme – when their children were five and two. Source: Internet

Moog was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor on April 28, 2005, and died at the age of 71 in Asheville, North Carolina on August 21, 2005. Source: Internet

Medulloblastoma has a good prognosis with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical resection while glioblastoma multiforme has a median survival of only 12 months even with aggressive chemoradiotherapy and surgery. Source: Internet

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