About 40% of patients with brain metastases who experienced cognitive decline after brain radiation therapy regained full cognitive function within 6 months following treatment, a new analysis found.
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While tremendous relief comes from successfully battling cancer, survivors can also experience cognitive impairments caused by the disease and its treatment. Up to 70% of survivors experience trouble ...
How this approach differs from standard care Previous studies have shown that, for patients with four or fewer brain tumors, stereotactic radiation—which uses focused beams of high-dose radiation to ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been diagnosed with a brain tumor and advised to have radiation therapy. I'm very nervous about this and the risks for me, my family and, potentially, another cancer diagnosis ...
Patients with brain metastases who experienced cognitive side effects following radiation therapy often fully regain cognitive function, according to a pooled analysis of three phase III trials. Of ...
Brain tumors are one of the most devastating consequences of cancer’s spread—hard to treat and highly deadly. Scientists have found that using a radioactive implant precisely where a tumor was removed ...