astrocytoma

type of cancer of the brain originating in a particular kind of glial cells, star-shaped brain cells in the cerebrum called astrocytes
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q177755
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astrocytoma

Summary

astrocytoma is a class of disease[1]. astrocytoma draws 716 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #437 of 1,968).[2]

Key Facts

  • astrocytoma's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • astrocytoma is a type of glioma[4].
  • astrocytoma is a type of cerebrum cancer[5].
  • astrocytoma is a type of central nervous system cancer[6].
  • astrocytoma is a type of disease[7].
  • astrocytoma's Commons category is recorded as Astrocytic tumors[8].
  • astrocytoma's anatomical location is recorded as central nervous system[9].
  • astrocytoma's described at URL is recorded as https://www.abta.org/tumor_types/astrocytoma/[10].
  • astrocytoma's described at URL is recorded as https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/astrocytoma/cdc-20350132[11].
  • astrocytoma's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C60781[12].
  • astrocytoma's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C6958[13].
  • astrocytoma's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C4951[14].
  • astrocytoma's health specialty is recorded as oncology[15].
  • astrocytoma's health specialty is recorded as neurosurgery[16].
  • astrocytoma's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3069[17].
  • astrocytoma's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:3069[18].

Why It Matters

astrocytoma draws 716 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #437 of 1,968).[2] astrocytoma has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] astrocytoma is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Health specialty oncology, neurosurgery
    Aliases
    Subclass of glioma, cerebrum cancer, central nervous system cancer +1
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