Brain stem astrocytic neoplasm

Summary

Brain stem astrocytic neoplasm (MONDO:0003173) is a cancer. A subtype of brain stem glioma — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Classification: Cancer

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	brain stem astrocytic neoplasm
Mondo ID	MONDO:0003173
DOID	DOID:4860
NCIT	C7445
SNOMED CT	107581000119103
UMLS	C1332608
MedGen	231458
GARD	0023396
Anatomy (UBERON)	UBERON:0002298
Is cancer (heuristic)	yes

Also known as: astrocytoma (excluding glioblastoma) of brainstem · brain stem astrocytoma · brainstem astrocytoma · brainstem astrocytoma (excluding glioblastoma)

Disease family

This is a subtype of brain stem glioma. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: cancer or benign tumor › neoplastic disease or syndrome › neoplasm › cancer › nervous system cancer › central nervous system cancer › brain cancer › infratentorial cancer › brainstem cancer › brain stem glioma › brain stem astrocytic neoplasm

Related subtypes (4): adult brainstem glioma, brain stem ependymoma, childhood brain stem glioma, brain stem glioblastoma

Subtypes (2): adult brainstem astrocytoma, childhood brainstem astrocytoma

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.