Noun
A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFALMOUTH – Hunter Richard Barr passed away peacefully on April 26, 2020, surrounded by his loving family following complications from Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG, a pediatric brain tumor. Source: Internet
Being able to predict the course of a patient’s glioma at diagnosis is vital given that it carries a bleak prognosis. Source: Internet
As Kumar sees it, Toca 511/FC has potential to transform the treatment of recurrent high-grade glioma (RHGG), a brain cancer affecting about 14,000 per year with limited-efficacy treatment options. Source: Internet
Most of those childhood ambitions stopped Oct. 16, 2015, the day Kyler was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a childhood cancer better known by its initials, DIPG. Source: Internet
In finding cell phones to be "possibly carcinogenic," the IARC means that heavy cell phone use might -- or might not -- cause a specific form of brain cancer called glioma. Source: Internet
Glioblastoma accounts for 52 percent of all glioma cases worldwide. Source: Internet