When non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) spreads beyond the lungs, it often metastasizes to the bones. Estimates suggest 20 to 30 percent of people with NSCLC have bone metastases at the time of ...

The firm will take a different reimbursement strategy for the test than its prior owner Biocept, which stopped selling it after filing for bankruptcy in 2023.

Glioma is a broad category of brain and spinal cord tumors that come from glial cells – brain cells that support nerve cells.. The symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of a glioma depend on the ...

When patients hear the term brain tumor, they tend to assume cancer. But not all brain tumors are malignant ... Meningiomas occur in the meninges, the protective membranes around the brain and spinal ...

"The tumor was wrapped around the patient’s spine and spinal cord and had invaded the vertebrae in her neck, just below the base of the skull," according to Mohamed Labib, M.D., neurosurgeon at ...

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully removed a rare cancerous tumor wrapped around the spine and spinal cord ...

Neurosurgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore successfully removed a spinal cord tumor through a woman’s eye socket in a landmark case, the Washington Post reported May 4.

Surgeons bid for medical first: Removing spinal tumor through patient’s eye. Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull.

The tumor could eventually cause paralysis, weakness, loss of balance and other symptoms, according to Molina. “These tumors are extremely risky because they actually grow within the spinal cord ...

“The spinal cord, unlike the brain, is what we call completely eloquent, meaning every piece of tissue that is in there has a critical function. There is no redundancy. It’s an area we enter with ...

The tumor could eventually cause paralysis, weakness, loss of balance and other symptoms, according to Molina. “These tumors are extremely risky because they actually grow within the spinal cord ...