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GLIOBLASTOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("glioblastoma" is a kind of...):
brain tumor; brain tumour (a tumor in the brain)
Context examples:
BITCs are from the glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cell line GBM-6 and contain glioma stem-like cell-associated antigens.
(Brain Tumor Initiating Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A molecular subtype of glioblastoma characterized by the presence of NF1 mutations.
(Mesenchymal Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of breast cancer and glioblastoma.
(MIR451 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of breast carcinoma and glioblastoma.
(MIR451 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
The occurrence of multiple and independent glioblastomas that are unrelated to inherited neoplastic syndromes.
(Multifocal Glioblastomas, NCI Thesaurus)
A molecular subtype of glioblastoma characterized by the expression of the neural markers NEFL, GABRA1, SYT1, and SLC12A5.
(Neural Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An oligodendroglial component can be seen in central nervous system tumors including glioblastomas and mixed gliomas.
(Oligodendroglial Component Present, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes MIR222 RNA, plays a role in development of cancers of the lung, thyroid, breast, prostate, glioblastoma and malignant (metastatic) melanoma.
(MIR222 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Acts as an oncogene in breast, lung, thyroid and prostate carcinomas as well as metastatic melanoma and glioblastoma multiforme.
(MIR222 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of glioblastoma multiforme, non-small cell lung and squamous cell carcinomas.
(MIR137 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
