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Just Been Diagnosed?
Have you just been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor? Are you trying to make sense of the confusing words being thrown at you? Is your head spinning, trying to figure out what to do next? Do you have some … Continue Reading…
Glowing cancer tool illuminates benign, but dangerous, brain tumors during pituitary surgery
An experimental imaging tool that uses a targeted fluorescent dye successfully lit up the benign brain tumors of patients during removal surgery, allowing surgeons to identify tumor tissue, a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at … Continue Reading…
Medication Shrinks Benign but Life-Threatening Brain Tumors
Original report by: JANE E. ALLEN ABC NEWS MEDICAL UNIT Nov. 4, 2010 When Griffin Moritz was 10, he experienced what his mother, Debora, called “an explosion” of non-cancerous but life-threatening brain tumors. They were one aspect of a rare genetic … Continue Reading…
What does the parasite pinworm have to do with gliomas?
Marc Symons, PhD, professor at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is examining if a common medication administered to treat pinworms, could replace the current treatment used for certain brain tumors.
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