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  2. Dr. Hersh: Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive ...

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    Treatment of GBM starts with surgery to remove as much of the cancer as possible; improved surgical techniques allow aggressive cancer removal while avoiding the loss of normal brain tissue as ...

  3. Glioblastoma - Wikipedia

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    Glioblastoma, previously known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is the most aggressive and most common type of cancer that originates in the brain, and has a very poor prognosis for survival. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Initial signs and symptoms of glioblastoma are nonspecific. [ 1 ]

  4. Glioma - Wikipedia

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    A glioma is a type of primary tumor that starts in the glial cells of the brain or spinal cord.They are cancerous but some are extremely slow to develop. [2] [3] Gliomas comprise about 30 percent of all brain tumors and central nervous system tumours, and 80 percent of all malignant brain tumours.

  5. Tumor progression - Wikipedia

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    Tumor progression is the third and last phase in tumor development. [1] This phase is characterised by increased growth speed and invasiveness of the tumor cells. As a result of the progression, phenotypical changes occur and the tumor becomes more aggressive and acquires greater malignant potential.

  6. Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors - Wikipedia

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    Patients in response categories 4-9 should be considered as failing to respond to treatment (disease progression). Thus, an incorrect treatment schedule or drug administration does not result in exclusion from the analysis of the response rate. Precise definitions for categories 4-9 will be protocol specific.

  7. Annabel Giles dies after brain tumour diagnosis: What is a ...

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    TV presenter and actress Annabel Giles has died after being diagnosed with a stage four glioblastoma. There are many types of brain tumour and they can be classed as low or high grade. Here, we ...

  8. TNM staging system - Wikipedia

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    The TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (TNM) is a globally recognised standard for classifying the anatomical extent of the spread of malignant tumours (cancer). It has gained wide international acceptance for many solid tumor cancers, but is not applicable to leukaemia or tumors of the central nervous system.

  9. What has Shirley Chung said about her tongue cancer? - AOL

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    Oral tongue cancer is a cancer that happens in the front two-thirds of the tongue, while oropharyngeal tongue cancer forms at the base of the tongue in the back portion of the mouth and can extend ...