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1		-==Astrocytoma==
	1	+== Astrocytoma ==
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3		-====Pilocytic====
4		-Pilocytic astrocytomas are relatively common. They are also known as Grade I gliomas.
	3	+==== Histological appearance ====
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6		-====Histological appearance====
7		-Pilocytic astrocytomas are well differentiated and are essentially just hyperplastic astrocytes.
	5	+===== Pilocytic =====
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9		-====Metastasis====
	7	+Pilocytic astrocytomas are relatively common. They are also known as Grade I gliomas. Pilocytic astrocytomas are well differentiated and are essentially just hyperplastic astrocytes.
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	9	+===== Desmoplastic =====
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	11	+I don't know anything about these.
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	13	+===== Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytomas =====
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	15	+These are big.
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	18	+==== Metastasis ====
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10	10	Astrocytomas are not likely to metastasize.
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12		-====Interventions====
	22	+==== Interventions ====
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13	13	As with all brain malignancies, interventions are selected largely upon anatomical location. Surgical and non-surgical interventions are possible.
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15		-====Prognosis====
	26	+==== Prognosis ====
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16	16	As compared to pediatric medulloblastomas^^[link to medulloblastoma here]^^ and glioblastomas^^[link to glioblastoma here]^^, prognosis for pilocytic astrocytoma is good. Patients are expected to live in xyz% of cases.