In Popular Culture
Astrocytoma plays an important role in the plot of the film Phenomenon (1996). The lead character, George Malley (John Travolta) develops the tumor, but at first it gives him genius-level intelligence and special powers, and this and other symptoms create the impression that he has been influenced by extraterrestrials, until the tumor is discovered by tests. The tumor later kills him. The existence of the tumor is based on fact, the special powers and intelligence are fictional plot devices.
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