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An '''astrocytoma''' is a neoplasm derived from an [[neurohistology|astrocyte]].  Astrocytomas are common glial tumours and grouped together with [[Oligodendroglioma]] in the current WHO brain tumor classficiation.  This article is a brief introduction them. An overview of CNS tumours is found in the ''[[CNS tumours]]'' article.
An '''astrocytoma''' is a neoplasm derived from an [[neurohistology|astrocyte]].  Diffuse astrocytomas are common glial tumours and grouped together with [[Oligodendroglioma]] in the current WHO brain tumor classficiation.  Some (often circumscribed) astrocytic tumors are biologically different from diffuse astrocytomas An overview of CNS tumours is found in the ''[[CNS tumours]]'' article.


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