A rare and slowgrowing type of primary brain tumour mainly affecting young or middle-aged adults.
Surgical removal of the tumour can, in some cases, lead to a total cure.
n. a tumour of the central nervous system derived from a type of *glia (the supporting tissue) rather than from the nerve cells themselves. See also glioma.
A type of brain tumour arising from the supporting connective tissue, (glial cells), in the brain. Types of glioma include astrocytoma, glioblastoma multiforme, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, and oligodendroglioma. Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment are as for other types of brain tumour.... glioma
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