gliosarcoma
Sign in to saveAlso known as Glioblastoma with sarcomatous component, Glioblastoma with a Sarcomatous Component, Sarcomatous glioblastoma
Gliosarcoma is a rare type of glioma, a cancer of the brain that comes from glial, or supportive, brain cells, as opposed to the neural brain cells. Gliosarcoma is a malignant cancer, and is defined as a glioblastoma consisting of gliomatous and sarcomatous components. Primary gliosarcoma (PGS) is classified as a grade IV tumor and a subtype of glioblastoma multiforme in the 2007 World Health Organization classification system (GBM). Because of a lack of specific and clear diagnostic criteria, the word "gliosarcoma" was frequently used to refer to glial tumours with mesenchymal properties, suc
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Within Vinony's link graph, gliosarcoma is referenced by 73 other articles, and connects out to National Cancer Institute, neurilemmoma and cancer.
It is catalogued under topics including Brain tumor and Rare cancers.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- glioblastoma
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3796
- exact match
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- health specialty
- oncology
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- Gliosarcoma
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