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Why is the term glioblastoma used to describe all brain tumors if not all brain tumors are composed of glial?
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Not all brain tumors: ...are glioblastomas. Glioblastoma multiforme is a high grade astrocytoma (or glioma). Astrocytoma said can also be low or intermediate grade depending on how they look under the microscope and their pattern and rate of growth. There are other types of brain tumors, such as mesotheliomas, which are not glial tumors.
Answered 1/11/2015
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