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.
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CNS neoplasm; CNS tumor; CNS tumour; brain/spinal cord tumor; brain/spinal cord tumour; central nervous system neoplasm (disease); central nervous system tumor; central nervous system tumour; neoplasm of CNS; neoplasm of central nervous system; neoplasm of the central nervous system; tumor of CNS; tumor of central nervous system; tumor of the CNS; tumor of the central nervous system; tumour of CNS; tumour of central nervous system; tumour of the CNS; tumour of the central nervous system