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- noun oncology A
malignant type of braintumour that originates in thecerebellum
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In adults the pathway is less active, but in recent years, researchers have linked its malfunction—due to mutations and other mechanisms—to several cancers, including basal-cell carcinoma and a rare brain tumor that generally affects children called medulloblastoma.
New Type of Cancer Drug Gets Approval Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012
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The most important childhood brain tumors are medulloblastoma, which is diagnosed in approximately one hundred young patients each year in Germany, and pylocytic astrocytoma, which is diagnosed in about 200 children each year.
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The most important childhood brain tumors are medulloblastoma, which is diagnosed in approximately one hundred young patients each year in Germany, and pylocytic astrocytoma, which is diagnosed in about 200 children each year.
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Telomerase activity appears to be essential for certain tumor survival and growth, such as medulloblastoma -- a highly malignant cancer of the central nervous system.
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Her son Mason was diagnosed with disseminated large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma in July 2006 at the age of 3.
Elizabeth Thorp: National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: 46 Mommas Shave Their Heads to Raise Awareness of Childhood Cancers Elizabeth Thorp 2011
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Her son Mason was diagnosed with disseminated large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma in July 2006 at the age of 3.
Elizabeth Thorp: National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: 46 Mommas Shave Their Heads to Raise Awareness of Childhood Cancers Elizabeth Thorp 2011
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Our program has an extensive laboratory and clinical research program designed to identify new therapies for medulloblastoma, gliomas and infant brain tumors.
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Helmuth, 18, suffers from medulloblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Her son Mason was diagnosed with disseminated large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma in July 2006 at the age of 3.
Elizabeth Thorp: National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: 46 Mommas Shave Their Heads to Raise Awareness of Childhood Cancers Elizabeth Thorp 2011
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Her son Mason was diagnosed with disseminated large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma in July 2006 at the age of 3.
Elizabeth Thorp: National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: 46 Mommas Shave Their Heads to Raise Awareness of Childhood Cancers Elizabeth Thorp 2011
chained_bear commented on the word medulloblastoma
What a lovely word for such an awful thing.
July 18, 2009