medulloblastoma
Sign in to saveAlso known as CNS PNET, CPNET, infratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor, localized primitive neuroectodermal tumor, brain medulloblastoma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Neoplasm, Neuroectodermal Neoplasm, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)
Medulloblastoma is a common type of primary brain cancer in children. It originates in the part of the brain that is towards the back and the bottom, on the floor of the skull, in the cerebellum, or posterior fossa.
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Vinony's link graph records 203 inbound references to medulloblastoma, and connects out to neurilemmoma, tentorium cerebelli and atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor.
It is catalogued under topics including Brain tumor, Citation overkill and Pediatric cancers.
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Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Medulloblastoma
- Medical condition (new).image
- CT brain scan of child with medulloblastoma and resulting hydrocephalus.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- CT scan, showing a tumorous mass in the posterior fossa, giving rise to obstructive hydrocephalus, in a six-year-old girl
- Medical condition (new).field
- Neuro-oncology, neurosurgery
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- HeadachesNauseaVomitingTirednessClumsinessDizzinessChange in visionHandwriting problems
- Medical condition (new).onset
- Between 5 and 9 years old
- Medical condition (new).prognosis
- Five-year survival rate: 72.1%
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- About 500 children diagnosed annually in the United States
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Research
12,590 papers- Medulloblastoma: WHO 2021 and Beyond.Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society · 2022
- [Medulloblastoma].No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery · 2023
- Medulloblastoma.Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2013
- Medulloblastoma.Seminars in diagnostic pathology · 1994
- Medulloblastoma: Molecular Classification-Based Personal Therapeutics.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
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- Commons category
- Medulloblastoma
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3716
- ICPC 2 ID
- N74
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0050902
- health specialty
- oncology
- genetic association
- SUFU
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Signs and symptoms
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- Chemotherapy
- Outcomes
- Survival
- Epidemiology
- Research models
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Medulloblastoma is a common type of primary brain cancer in children. It originates in the part of the brain that is towards the back and the bottom, on the floor of the skull, in the cerebellum, or posterior fossa.
The brain is divided into two main parts, the larger cerebrum on top and the smaller cerebellum below towards the back. They are separated by a membrane called the tentorium. Tumors that originate in the cerebellum or the surrounding region below the tentorium are, therefore, called infratentorial.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “medulloblastoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.