How natural language processing can aid doctors
What if a computer could read a patient's medical notes and help doctors determine important information for their treatments?
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Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Brain Neoplasms
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Study offers clearer picture of childhood brain tumor survival
Childhood brain tumor survival depends on the type of tumor. Comparing survival rates across countries is difficult, because brain tumors aren't recorded in the same way everywhere in Europe. A new study led by the Princess ...
Jul 28, 2025
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Scientists unlock ancient cellular wisdom of brain stem cells, offering hope for brain cancer and degenerative disease
In a landmark discovery, researchers from QIMR Berghofer in collaboration with the Francis Crick Institute, have unlocked the secrets of how brain stem cells enter and exit a resting state called "quiescence"—a process with ...
Jul 14, 2025
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Targeted radiation offers promise in patients with metastasized small cell lung cancer to the brain
A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham trialed stereotactic (targeted) brain-directed radiation in 100 patients with small cell lung cancer and brain metastases, finding they experienced positive outcomes ...
Jul 12, 2025
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Combating brain diseases using polymer-based targeted drug delivery
The human brain comprises billions of neurons, synapses, and cell types, making it one of the universe's most intricate and dynamic structures. However, the complexity and sensitivity of the brain can make it extremely difficult ...
Jul 3, 2025
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Brain tumor growth patterns may help inform patient care management
As brain tumors grow, they must do one of two things: push against the brain or use finger-like extensions to invade and destroy surrounding tissue.
Jul 3, 2025
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Alzheimer's-related protein found to drive lung cancer spread to brain
Researchers at McMaster University, Cleveland Clinic and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered how a protein long associated with Alzheimer's disease helps lung cancer spread to the brain—a discovery that offers ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Injury to specific brain connections could explain some people's criminal behavior, study finds
Over the past decades, some lawyers have started using brain imaging scans as evidence during criminal trials, to provide a possible explanation for the criminal behavior of defendants. This was justified by recent neuroscientific ...
Genetic changes control metastasis formation in colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of tumor and is responsible for around 10% of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The tumor is particularly dangerous when it forms metastases—i.e. secondary tumors—in other ...
Jun 12, 2025
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Magnetically-driven innovative solution developed for personalized intracranial tumor therapy
Brain tumors remain among the most challenging conditions in modern medicine. Due to their complexity and location, many of them are difficult to access, even with the most advanced surgical and therapeutic approaches. Although ...
Jun 6, 2025
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