Sentences with phrase «brain tumor removal»

I'm still recovering from a brain tumor removal six months ago.

«Brain tumor removal through hole smaller than dime.»

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In January 2013, The Hartford announced that McGee had surgery for the removal of a brain tumor found during a routine checkup, and that he was cancer - free.

Earlier detection of brain metastases could increase the chances of successful surgical removal of the tumors, says Sanford Simon, whose Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics previously identified the genetic driver behind fibrolamellar.

But following the removal of the primary tumor, micrometastatic cells learn to communicate with cells in their new microenvironment in the brain — cells which are, at first, hostile to them.

The uncontrolled bleeding that often followed removal of a brain tumor had been a major obstacle to successful neurosurgery.

Glioblastoma is the most lethal form of primary brain tumor and leads to death in patients by invading the brain tissue in a process that allows single cells to move through normal brain tissue, which makes complete surgical removal of the tumor impossible.

However, the proclivity of glioblastoma to invade adjacent brain tissue prevents the surgical removal of all tumor cells.

In this case, the patient was able to go home the day after the successful removal of multiple brain tumors.»

A brain tumor's removal left 17 - year - old Flora with an amnesia affecting her short - term memory, but she remembers kissing her best friend's boyfriend and decides to follow him to Arctic Norway.

As with people, brain surgery is performed on animals for a variety of ailments, including surgical removal of brain tumors, correction of brain anomalies (e.g., Chiara - like malformation), removal of blood clots (e.g. subdural hematoma) and placement of shunts in patients with hydrocephalus.

Intervertebal disc problems requiring surgery, lung tumors, gastric torsion, things eaten and lodged in the intestine or stomach requiring surgery, torn knee ligament, cataract removal, bone tumor, auto accidents causing broken bones, brain tumors

Surgery The goal of surgical removal of a brain tumor is either to cure the disease by complete removal (which only occurs rarely) or to alleviate the clinical signs by decompressing the brain.

Secondly, brain tissue can not regenerate, and therefore removal of normal brain tissue surrounding a tumor can have unacceptable repercussions for the patient.

As in people, brain surgery is performed for a variety of ailments, including surgical removal of brain tumors, correction of brain anomalies (e.g., Chiari malformation), removal of blood clots (e.g.,