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Pineal region tumor

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006688

A type of brain tumor that forms in or around the pineal gland (a tiny organ near the center of the brain). Pineal region tumors may be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). They include pineocytomas, pineoblastomas, and pineal germinomas. Also called pinealoma.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006688
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymspinealoma
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006688",
  "term": "Pineal region tumor",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of brain tumor that forms in or around the pineal gland (a tiny organ near the center of the brain). Pineal region tumors may be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). They include pineocytomas, pineoblastomas, and pineal germinomas. Also called pinealoma.",
  "synonyms": [
    "pinealoma"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/pineal-region-tumor/"
}

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