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Definition of Medulloblastoma

1. [n -MAS or -MATA]

Medical Definition of Medulloblastoma

1. This primary brain tumour is the most common brain tumour in children and occurs more frequently in boys than girls. These tumours can spread along the spinal cord. Symptoms include ataxia, headache, vomiting and lethargy. Treatment often involves a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Approximately 30 to 50% of children are disease-free in 10 years. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Medulloblastoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Other recorded neoplasms affecting the central nervous system of cattle include a medulloblastoma (Cordy, 1953) and meningioma (Fankhauser, 1948; Monlux, ..."

2. Nicotine in Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products Is a Drug and These edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Pharmacological distinctions between functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on the PC 12 rat pheochromocytoma and the TE671 human medulloblastoma. ..."

3. Disability Evaluation Under Social Security edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"11.05 Brain tumors A. Malignant gliomas (astrocytoma - grades III and IV, glioblastoma multiforme), medulloblastoma, ependymoblastoma, or primary sarcoma ..."

4. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the edited by Lauren Zeise, Amy J. Dunn (2000)
"The results were unchanged when analyses were stratified by histologie type of tumor (astro- cytoma, medulloblastoma, other) and location of tumor ..."

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