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Brain Tumors In Firefighters Linked To Flame Retardant Chemical
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 – Firefighters might face a higher risk of brain cancers caused by exposure to chemicals in fire extinguishers, a new small-scale study says. Veteran firefighters appear to...
Rapid Gene Test Aids Brain Cancer Surgery
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 – A rapid experimental genetic test can help guide the hands of surgeons as they delicately remove tumors from patients with brain cancer, new research suggests. The test...
Hormone Therapy Doesn't Increase Women's Risk of Brain Tumors
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Hormone replacement therapy to ease menopause symptoms doesn’t increase a woman’s risk of brain tumors. Researchers found no link between hormone therapy and gliomas, the mos...
AI Helps Spot Brain Tumor Tissue Surgeons Miss
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – A newly developed AI program can help doctors detect and potentially remove brain cancer that might otherwise be missed during surgery, a new study demonstrates. The AI,...
MS Might Raise a Person's Odds for Cancer
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024b – There's a small but significant increased of certain cancers in people battling multiple sclerosis (MS), new research shows. Those malignancies include cancers of the...
ASTRO: Many Patients Have Cognitive Recovery After Brain Radiotherapy
FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 2024 – Many patients with brain metastases who experience initial neurocognitive failure (NCF) following brain radiation therapy demonstrate recovery, with greater rates of cognitive...
No Link Between Cellphone Use, Brain Cancer, Major Report Finds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2024 – In news that should reassure folks glued to their cellphones all day, a new international review finds no link between cellphone use and brain cancer. Commissioned by the...
Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors Can Lag in School -- Interventions Can Help
TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2024 – Brain tumors in young children are rare, but those who survive them can lag in school for years afterwards, new research shows. For those families that can afford it,...
Treatment of CNS Tumors in Childhood Slows Academic Readiness
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 – Treatment of central nervous system (CNS) tumors in early childhood is associated with slowed development of academic readiness, which predicts distal academic outcomes in...
FDA Approves Voranigo for Grade 2 Astrocytoma or Oligodendroglioma
FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Voranigo (vorasidenib) for grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma with a susceptible mutation. The isocitrate...
Why Are Brain Tumors More Deadly for Kids in Poorer Neighborhoods?
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 – U.S. children with inoperable brain tumors appear to die sooner and find it harder to get care if they live in poorer neighborhoods, a new study finds. Children from...
Epilepsy Surgery for Neuroglial Tumors Shows Good Long-Term Outcomes
MONDAY, June 17, 2024 – Patients with neuroglial tumors are ideal epilepsy surgical candidates, with good long-term outcomes observed, according to a study published online May 22 in Frontiers in ...
Your Head Aches: What Could It Mean, and What Can Be Done About It?
SUNDAY, June 9, 2024 – When there's pain, pressure and pounding in your head, you might think the worst: Is it a brain tumor? Probably not, a Penn State physician assures. Headache in and of itself ...
Ultrasound Device Delivers Meds to Better Fight Brain Tumors
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 – One of the biggest obstacles to treating brain cancer is getting tumor-killing drugs past the blood-brain barrier that normally protects the brain from foreign invaders....
Hormonal Meds for Birth Control, Menopause Linked to Brain Tumors
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 – The contraceptive injection Depo-Provera and two drugs used for menopause relief could be linked to a heightened risk for brain tumors in some women, a new study warns....