glioma

glio·ma (glī ō′mə; also glē-)

noun pl. -·mata--mə tə or -·mas

a tumor of the brain, spinal cord, etc., composed of tissue that normally forms the supporting structure of nerves

Etymology: ModL < MGr glia (see gliadin) + -ōma (see -oma)

Converse of object

diagnose: METHODS: Patients with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas received BCNU and cisplatin after surgery, both before and during definitive radiation therapy.
call: Early results have shown promise for extending survival in patients with highly aggressive brain tumors called gliomas.
relapse: The study focused on patients with high-grade relapsed gliomas.

Adjective modifier

high-grade: Early studies using this drug have shown some promise for treating people with high-grade gliomas.
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.
high: It is used in some specialist centers to treat high grade gliomas that have come back, or started to grow again.

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.
low-grade: Back to top Study results A total of 18 patients with high-grade gliomas and eight with low-grade gliomas took part in the study.
grade: AB - The role of postoperative radiotherapy in patients with low grade gliomas is not established yet.
brain: On return to England Anne-Marie was diagnosed with a grade IV brain stem glioma for which there is no cure.
midbrain: METHODS: The authors retrospectively analyzed 35 patients with primary midbrain gliomas who were treated at Beijing Neurosurgical Institute from 1986 to 1997.
stem: On return to England Anne-Marie was diagnosed with a grade IV brain stem glioma for which there is no cure.

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