The camera has reduced spinal patients' exposure to X-rays by 47% and has been successfully used to remove two tumors from ...

Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women's rights and other progressive causes and former President of Planned ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

This is known as metastatic spinal-cord compression (MSCC), where the cancer presses on the nerves in the spine that carry messages between the brain and the rest of the body. Without urgent ...

New research highlights the promise of a novel stem cell treatment strategy for leptomeningeal brain metastasis (LBM), a severe form of metastatic brain cancer that spreads to membranes surrounding ...

Softball player no longer has feeling or movement below the waist following surgery to remove a tumor from her spine.

The family of a 13-year-old girl has filed a federal lawsuit against Mayo Clinic and two orthopedic surgeons, alleging they permanently paralyzed the girl after failing to stabilize her spine during ...

Tumours can start in any part of the brain or spinal cord. They are usually named after the type of cell they develop from. Read about the different types, and how doctors diagnose your brain tumour ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent studies show.

How Breast Cancer Cells Survive in Bone Marrow After ... Brain Scan Predicts Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Surgery Dec. 3, 2024 — A 10-minute brain scan can predict the effectiveness of a risky ...

What are germ cell and sex cord stromal cells? Germ cells and sex cord stromal cells form when a fetus (baby) is developing. A fetus is made from a sperm cell and an egg cell. Germ cell tumors (GCTs) ...