Astrocytoma and glioblastoma are two types of brain tumors. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) changed how these tumors are classified.

We asked neurosurgeon Chibawanye Ene, M.D., Ph.D., to explain the different types of astrocytoma brain tumors, as well as how astrocytoma differs from glioblastoma.

Astrocytoma is a type of brain tumor. Astrocytoma brain tumors grow from astrocytes. An...