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childhood ependymoma  

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  • EPENDYMOMAS ARE SLOW-GROWING, localized tumors of ependymal cells in the central nervous system, the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. They make up 6 to 9 percent of all primary tumors of the central nervous system and approximately 30 percent of central nervous system tumors in children. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Ependymoma, Childhood]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CM667VTG-Z

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