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Glioma

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A glioma is a type of brain tumor or spinal tumor that arises from glial cells. Malignant glioma is a type of cancer that is particularly difficult to treat. Glioma is the most common type of brain cancer. More than half of low-grade gliomas eventually gain a mutation in the IDH1 gene.[PMID 19228619]

According to [PMID 21825990] and now [PMID 22922872], seven independent chromosomal loci have robustly been associated with glioma risk: