Doctors often prescribe radiation along with surgery to treat a brain tumor called meningioma that originates in the protective membranes surrounding the brain. But side effects from radiation can be serious, including memory ...
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Measuring human brain activity down to the cellular level—until now, this has been possible only to a limited extent. With a new approach developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), it will now ...
Jun 27, 2023
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A novel method of combining advanced optical imaging with an artificial intelligence algorithm produces accurate, real-time intraoperative diagnosis of brain tumors, a new study finds.
Jan 6, 2020
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Brain metastases are among the deadliest tumor metastases, with a median survival period of less than one year, and the incidence of brain metastasis is rising.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have developed an experimental laboratory test that accurately clocks the "speed" of human brain tumor cell movement along a small glass "track." The assay, so far tested on ...
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(MedicalXpress)—A team of doctors and researchers at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is taking a new dye into medical trials to see if it might help make for a better outcome for patients undergoing brain surgery ...
In the battle against brain cancer, doctors now have a new weapon—a new imaging technology that will make brain surgery dramatically more accurate by allowing surgeons to distinguish—at a microscopic level—between brain ...
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(Medical Xpress)—A new tool that could allow for faster, more comprehensive testing of brain tissue during surgery successfully identified the cancer type, grade and tumor margins in five brain surgery patients, according ...
Jan 9, 2013
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Professional guitarist Christian Nolen took his stage show to an operating room last month, strumming out Deftones tunes for surgeons as they worked to remove a tumor from his brain.
Jan 10, 2024
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Every day in Australia, six people are diagnosed with a brain tumor and four will die, making services to enhance quality of life for individuals and their families imperative.
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