Adjective modifier

• malignant: AB - BACKGROUND: Topotecan activity was evaluated for the treatment of malignant glioma.

• recurrent: The average survival for patients with recurrent glioma is four months.

• optic: More commonly it is also called an optic chiasm glioma.

• adult: Chemotherapy in adult high-grade glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from 12 randomized trials.

Modifies a noun

• tumor: Glioma tumor cells release the neurotransmitter glutamate, which carves a path of destruction through brain tissue allowing the tumor cells to advance.

• cell: The developing puppies are injected, under the skin, with glioma cells.

• brain: There is an early trial going on in London looking into clomipramine as a treatment for glioma brain tumors.

• patient: All glioma patients had been treated with phenytoin or carbamazepine.

• line: The genes for three " foreign " enzyme genes were transfected into the human glioma cell line U87.

Noun used with modifier

• brainstem: BACKGROUND: Brainstem glioma is a disease found primarily in children, with a median survival of only 9 to 12 months.

• brain: On return to England Anne-Marie was diagnosed with a grade IV brain stem glioma for which there is no cure.

• stem: On return to England Anne-Marie was diagnosed with a grade IV brain stem glioma for which there is no cure.