A malignant astrocytoma characterized by the presence of small areas of necrotizing tissue that is surrounded by anaplastic cells as well as the presence of hyperplastic blood vessels, and that has_material_basis_in abnormally proliferating cells derives_from multiple cell types including astrocytes and oligondroctyes. [ url:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029035 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007645 url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme url:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20129251 url:http://cancergenome.nih.gov/cancersselected/glioblastomamultiforme http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 ]
Synonyms: glioblastoma multiforme GBM adult glioblastoma multiforme grade IV adult Astrocytic tumor spongioblastoma multiforme primary glioblastoma multiforme
Term information
- UMLS_CUI:C0017636
- GARD:2491
- NCI:C39750
- UMLS_CUI:C0278878
- NCI:C3058
- SNOMEDCT_US_2020_09_01:63634009
- UMLS_CUI:C1514422
- NCI:C9094
- MESH:D005909
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