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Central Nervous System Neoplasm

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A benign or malignant, primary or metastatic neoplasm that affects the brain, meninges, or spinal cord. Representative examples of primary neoplasms include astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, and meningioma. Representative examples of metastatic neoplasms include carcinoma and leukemia. [ ]

Term info

Label

Central Nervous System Neoplasm

Synonyms
  • Brain/Spinal Cord Tumor
  • CNS Neoplasm
  • CNS Tumor
  • CNS tumor
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasm
  • Central Nervous System Tumor
  • Neoplasm of CNS
  • Neoplasm of Central Nervous System
  • Neoplasm of the Central Nervous System
  • Tumor of CNS
  • Tumor of Central Nervous System
  • Tumor of the CNS
  • Tumor of the Central Nervous System
  • central nervous system tumor
Subsets

NCIT_C126659, NCIT_C118168, NCIT_C138188, NCIT_C158520, NCIT_C156966, NCIT_C156952, NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C138190

ALT DEFINITION

A tumor of the central nervous system, including brain stem glioma, craniopharyngioma, medulloblastoma, and meningioma.

Contributing Source

CTRP, CPTAC

Display Name

Central Nervous System Neoplasm

Legacy Concept Name

Central_Nervous_System_Neoplasm

Maps To

Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of brain and spinal cord

Neoplasm Has Special Category

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C9292

Neoplastic Status

Undetermined

Preferred Name

Central Nervous System Neoplasm

Semantic Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS CUI

C0085136

code

C9293