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Preferred term

childhood cerebral astrocytoma  

Definition(s)

  • INFRATENTORIAL TUMORS (LOCATED in the posterior fossa) of the brain are second only to leukemia as the most prevalent malignancy in childhood. It by far accounts for the most solid-forming tumors in this age group. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Astrocytoma, Childhood Cerebral]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RG1TNDJ2-4

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