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DATA FORM FOR CANCER CLASSIFICATION - BRAIN




HISTOPATHOLOGIC TYPE HISTOPATHOLOGIC GRADE

Astrocytoma

ASTROCYTOMA

Slight hypercellularity

Slight pleomorphism

No vascular proliferation

No necrosis

ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA

Moderate hypercellularity

Moderate pleomorphism

No necrosis

Vascular proliferation

GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME

Moderate to marked hypercellularity

Moderate and marked pleomorphism

Necrosis with or without pseudopalisading (required)

Vascular proliferation

   
HISTOPATHOLOGIC TYPE HISTOPATHOLOGIC GRADE

Oligodendroglioma Not applicable

Ependymal and choroid plexus tumor

Medulloblastoma

Meningioma, malignant

Neurilemmoma (neurinomas, schwannomas), malignant

Hemangioblastoma

Neurosarcoma

Other sarcoma


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