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Doctors had 30 opportunities to diagnose my brain tumour, says girl, 11
07 May 2024 09:24 GMT
… being told she had a brain tumour.
Tia Gordon, from Northampton … common type of childhood brain tumour. An ambulance was called … re calling for a National Brain Tumour Strategy.”
‘Medics twice missed … consultant looked at my X-ray, he simply tunnel-visioned …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A: Using radiation therapy to treat brain tumors
07 May 2024 00:23 GMT
… (malignant) and noncancerous (benign) brain tumors. How it is delivered — and … improve.
Most patients with brain tumors receive one of two … tumor.
For instance, larger brain tumors have been difficult to … through the body like an X-ray. Patients do not leave …
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Nebraska family faces unthinkable future with brain tumor diagnosis
18 Apr 2024 15:15 GMT
Days after celebrating Easter with family, Scribner residents Brandy and Abdoul Dabo noticed that something was “off” with their five-year-old son, Zain. Seemingly overnight, he began to have trouble walking, he couldn’t swallow any food and his speech …
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Magnetic microbots show promise for treating aneurysms and brain tumours
14 Mar 2024 10:06 GMT
… invasive treatments for aneurysms and brain tumours.
When attempting to stop bleeding … the flow of blood to brain tumours (a process known as embolization … periods of time (from the X-ray guidance system) – Zang points out …
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CERN's particle accelerator tech is turned on brain tumors
08 Mar 2024 07:01 GMT
… scientists in Germany to treat brain tumors with greater precision and safety … other problems.
To minimize this, X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans can …
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‘I'm beaming again after brain tumour therapy gave me my life back'
28 Feb 2024 23:03 GMT
… once stricken with a brain tumour is enjoying her childhood … of radiotherapy but without X-rays and holds back from … , but dangerously growing, brain tumour - called craniopharyngioma - … craniopharyngioma, a non-cancerous brain tumour, in August 2019 after …
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UK researchers launch brain cancer study comparing proton to photon therapy
27 Feb 2024 05:19 GMT
… assess the treatment in certain brain cancer patients.
Called APPROACH (Analysis of … survival rates following treatment.
As X-rays in photon radiotherapy continue to … enable intensity-modulated proton therapy.
Brain tumor patients and their relatives worked …
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Talking about death won’t kill you, and other life lessons
30 May 2024 15:15 GMT
… ’re not just treating a brain cancer, we’re treating an emotional … guided biopsy, CT scans, chest x-rays, PET CT scans and radiotherapy …
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‘Amazing’ eight-year-old girl who spent her birthday in hospital battling a brain tumour
21 Feb 2024 08:22 GMT
… who bravely fought a brain tumour, has been selected for a … being treated for a brain tumour and endured several rounds … pituitary gland tumours are brain tumours that start to grow … sensitive organs. Unlike the x-rays used in conventional radiotherapy, …
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Girl, eight, who battled brain tumour chosen to launch cancer charity event
19 Feb 2024 14:53 GMT
… hospital being treated for a brain tumour has been chosen to launch … that pituitary gland tumours are brain tumours that start to grow in … to sensitive organs.
Unlike the x-rays used in conventional radiotherapy, protons …