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"Often, front-line treatments involve medication and/or therapy, which can both be effective. However, there is also a pressing need for accessible and noninvasive options that can be deployed in people who are either nonresponsive to pharmaceutical treatment, unable to access or participate in c...
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If yournon-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC) has spread to the brain, your doctor has to take extra care to get your treatment just right. Your brain controls everything you do, from snapping your fingers to remembering your name. So the key is to relieve the symptoms of your brain tumors ...
For example, avoiding tobacco products decreases the risk of lung cancer, thereby decreasing the chance that lung cancer cells ever appear in the brain.Treating a brain tumorTreatment depends on the tumor's size, location, and type, as well as the patient's age and general health. The main...
Glioblastoma is fast-growing and hard to treat. Patients usually live 12 to 18 months afterdiagnosis. Even after many years of research, there are few options if the cancer returns after treatments. A kind of cell in the i...
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Credit: Cancer Research UK Characteristics like seizures, location of the tumour, and pressure in the brain, give insight into length of survival and treatment options for brain tumour patients over the age of 70, according to new research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute's (NC...
Due to a growing desire for improved medications, it is projected that an annual increase in the total number of elderly people would greatly increase demand. When the brain and spine's sensory system are impacted, a neurological condition results. Alcohol and drugs are the main risk factors ...
Ependymoma is a rare form of brain cancer that implicates children and is often tricky to diagnose. Since effective treatment options can be initiated only after a well-formed diagnosis, there is a dire need among the medical community to identify markers for ependymoma, which in turn, will hel...