A benign or malignant, primary or metastatic neoplasm that affects the brain, meninges, or spinal cord. Representative examples of primary neoplasms include astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, and meningioma. Representative examples of metastatic neoplasms include carcinoma and leukemia. [ NCIT:C9293 ]
Synonyms: central nervous system neoplasm neoplasm of CNS CNS tumor CNS tumour tumour of the CNS tumor of CNS tumour of CNS tumor of the central nervous system neoplasm of the central nervous system tumour of central nervous system brain/spinal cord tumour tumour of the central nervous system central nervous system tumour central nervous system tumor brain/spinal cord tumor central nervous system neoplasm (disease) CNS neoplasm tumor of central nervous system neoplasm of central nervous system tumor of the CNS