Have you been having headaches that won't go away, confusion or changes in your senses? You may wonder if these are signs of ...

Tumors are one of the most misunderstood diagnoses or conditions. While no one wants to be told they have one, many people don't realize that a tumor is nothing more than a clump of abnormal cells ...

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PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have uncovered unexpected traces of bacteria within brain ...

Soon, I learned the word "benign" didn't mean harmless, as I'd previously thought. The tumor was inoperable, but they did surgery to treat his hydrocephalus, with a slow recovery. At 11, my son was ...

Artificial intelligence models are getting better at detecting brain tumors in images from MRIs. More than 150 types of brain tumors have been identified to date; and while not all of them are brain ...

Prolonged use of some progesterone hormone drugs is linked to an increased risk of requiring surgery for a type of benign brain tumor. The corresponding study was published in the BMJ. Meningiomas ...

Like any specialized field, cancer biology has its fair share of technical vocabulary and jargon; two examples which you may be familiar with are the terms tumor suppressor (a gene whose loss or ...