title: The progression in astrocytic tumors.
abstract: Progression represents the qualitative tumor evolution during the time. Recently it received great consideration, mainly since the introduction of the neuroradiological imaging (CT and MRI). A series of 224 supratentorial astrocytic tumors of the juvenile and adult age have been analyzed: we found the morphological features of progression in 26% of them. These data introduce, perhaps, the most important information about progression: the "crisis" of the concept that low-grade tumors are stable lesions during the time.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roselli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iacoangeli
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Carapella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scerrati
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed