Sentences with phrase «for brain tumor surgeries»

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Misdiagnose yourself and you could end up with the mental health equivalent of taking an aspirin for a brain tumor (or getting wheeled into surgery when two painkillers and a nap would do).

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.

The story is an allegory for the death of Pirola's own father, John, who suffered for years through searing neuropathic pain as a result of a brain stem tumor, and over several years, underwent more than 10 brain / skull - based surgeries.

So far, researchers with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle have described the intricate shapes and electrical properties of about 100 nerve cells, or neurons, taken from the brains of 36 patients as they underwent surgery for conditions such as brain tumors or epilBrain Science in Seattle have described the intricate shapes and electrical properties of about 100 nerve cells, or neurons, taken from the brains of 36 patients as they underwent surgery for conditions such as brain tumors or epilbrain tumors or epilepsy.

«Although radiosurgery has been shown to be an effective post-surgical treatment for metastatic brain tumors, previous studies did not compare patient outcomes from a single hospital over the same period of time,» said N. Scott Litofsky, M.D., chief of the Division of Neurological Surgery at the MU School of Medicine and senior author of the study.

«Targeted radiosurgery better than whole - brain radiation for treating brain tumors: Study shows effectiveness of radiosurgery in controlling spread of brain cancer after surgery.»

As reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in June, the vaccine, together with radiation and chemotherapy, prevented the brain tumor from reemerging after surgery for 12 months as compared with the typical six to seven months with no vaccine.

Storm, who performs surgery on children with brain tumors, added that, «Better understanding of tumor characteristics, as we found in this research, will help guide our surgical planning and clinical decisions for patients with PLGGs in this current era of target - centric clinical trials and personalized medicine.»

He is working closely with a team of physicians at the UNM Cancer Center to conduct these trials: M. Omar Chohan, MD, a neurosurgeon who specializes in surgery for tumors of the brain and spinal cord; Gregory Gan, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist who is an expert in the radiation therapy of brain tumors; and Yanis Boumber, MD, PhD, a newly recruited medical oncologist to the UNM Cancer Center who is an expert in cancers of the lung, brain and spinal cord, and early phase clinical trials.

Working with Seattle, Washington — area neurosurgeons, the Allen Institute acquired healthy cells from the cortex — the outermost layer of the brain that coordinates perception, memory, thoughts, and consciousness — from patients undergoing surgery for epilepsy or brain tumors.

It is often difficult for surgeons to see whether the entire tumor has been removed during surgery to remove complex brain or spinal cord tumors.

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Our expert neurologists and neurosurgeons are at the forefront of imaging for brain surgery, as well as radiation therapy for brain, skull and spinal cord tumors and treatments for a wide range of neurologic conditions.

For many functional pituitary tumors, even the treatment itself (brain surgery or radiation) can disrupt normal hormone production, leading to hypogonadism (low testosterone).

BrainLab is a German - based company responsible for the development of NOVALIS, a shaped beam surgery system for brain tumors.

Several factors will determine whether or not surgery is the best treatment option for a dog brain tumor.

Jan my cat has just been dx with a brain tumor, she had gone in for a CT scan and surgery to remove a tumor near her ear and the brain tumor popped up.

Purpose: This clinical trial is being done to investigate whether small particles called nanoporhphyrins can be used to better visualize tumors during surgery and potentially to see if they will be a useful method to deliver drugs into brain tumors for treatment.

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.

Because the sinuses are adjacent to the brain, these types of tumors often aren't good candidates for surgery.

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.,

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