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| Alphabetical | By Popularity (What's This?) | | - About.com: Glioma Treatment Research
 - Features interesting areas of investigation of treating primary and metastatic brain tumors. - Brain Tumors: Meningiomas and Gliomas
- Defines the various brain tumors, both primary and metastatic. Includes prevalence, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and therapy. From the Cleveland Clinc.
- CNIN: Glioma
- Information including types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the tumors that arise from the support cells, or the glial cells, of the brain. From the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN).
- Cedars-Sinai: Gliomas
- About glioma tumors, which usually occur in the lobes of the upper brain. Includes types, diagnosis, and treatment. From the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.
- MGH Brain Tumor Center: Glioblastoma Multiforme and Anaplastic Gliomas
- Detailed patient guide to the most common primary tumors of the adult brain, including high-grade gliomas.
- MayoClinic: Glioma
- Details of diagnosis and treatment options at Mayo Clinic.
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Optic Glioma
- Comprehensive information about optic gliomas, which affect one or both the optic nerves, or the optic chiasma.
- National Cancer Institute: Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment
- Disease information highlighting the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, tests, and prognosis.
- National Cancer Institute: Fluorescence-Guided Surgery and Malignant Glioma
- Summary of a clinical trial which says that fluorescence-guided surgery postpones the relapse in patients with malignant glioma.
- NeuroNetwork: Malignant Glioma
- Find an interview with Carlos Acosta, M.D., in which he evaluates neurosurgical treatment of malignant gliomas.
- New Treatment Strategies for Malignant Gliomas
(PDF) - Research paper exploring the treatment strategies including gene therapy and angiogenesis inhibitors to prolong survival and enhance the quality of life in glioma patients.
- SFGate: No Cure for Malignant Glioma Like Kennedy Has
- News article dated May 21, 2008 on the doctors' opinion about the kind of brain tumor diagnosed in Sen. Edward Kennedy. From the San Francisco Chronicle.
- UpToDate: High Grade Glioma in Adults
- Patient information including classification, diagnosis, initial treatment, surgery, side effects, and links to clinical trials.
- WBUR: Doctor Explains Malignant Glioma
- From the WBUR newsroom. ABC medical editor explains the medical details of Sen. Kennedy's brain tumor, a malignant glioma in the top left part of his brain.
- Wikipedia: Glioma
- User-edited article about a type of tumor that arises from glial cells in the primary central nervous system.
- eMedicine: Brainstem Gliomas
- Comprehesive information about the glioma tumors that occur in the region between the aqueduct of Slyvius and the fourth ventricle of the brain stem. By Joseph Landolfi.
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