These tumors are less likely to spread to surrounding tissues, compared with higher-grade tumors, so they often have better outcomes. Low-grade gliomas are tumors that start in the glial cells in ...

14 low-grade gliomas (10 grade II astrocytomas, 4 grade II oligodendrogliomas), 24 high-grade gliomas (glioblastomas), 10 metastases (5 from lung cancer, 1 from kidney cancer, 1 from colon cancer ...

As a parent, you may feel a number of emotions when you learn that your child has a pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG), a type of slow-growing, cancerous brain or spinal tumor that can develop in ...