Journal of Neuro-Oncology and Neuroscience

Astrocytomas are a type of cancer of the brain. They originate in a particular kind of glial cells, star-shaped brain cells in the cerebrum called astrocytes. This type of tumor does not usually spread outside the brain and spinal cord and it does not usually affect other organs. Astrocytomas are the most common gliomaand can occur in most parts of the brain and occasionally in the spinal cord.