Teacher relearns how to walk after surgery to remove tumor in his spinal cord
By early January, Steve Loutzenhiser had the surgery to remove the tumor. Afterward, he spent more than a week in the ...
Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54
By watching the brain process information, she discovered that a specific region plays a key role in spatial navigation — and ...
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Study supports routine brain MRI screening in asymptomatic late-stage breast cancer patients
with a follow-up MRI six months later if the initial scan showed no signs of cancer spread. Of the patients who completed the initial MRI, 14% had brain metastasis. The rates by subtype were ...
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Ultrasound applied with MRI may be effective for treating prostate cancer
In the procedure, MRI scans are used to ... under general or spinal anesthesia. Results show that the treatment reduced or eliminated cancer cells, and also shrank men's prostates and reduced ...
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Central New York Teen Winning Battle Against Rare Brain Tumor
A Frankfort teen is kicking cancer's butt thanks to St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the generosity of Central New Yorkers.
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Magnetic resonance imaging targeted transperineal prostate biopsy: a local anaesthetic approach
We secondarily assessed detection of any cancer, rates of detection by MRI (Likert ... adoption include the necessity of general or spinal anaesthetic; operating room time; pathology resources ...