Brain cancer can be a frightening diagnosis, affecting thousands of people and their families each year. It involves the abnormal growth of cells in the brain, which may form either a primary brain ...

Similarities among three pediatric brain tumors that arise in different structures of the CNS – pineoblastoma, retinoblastoma and Group 3 medulloblastoma – have been linked to their shared origin ...

Brain tumor symptoms a Mayo Clinic doctor monitors in her own body include headaches, fatigue, nausea or vomiting and ...

Scientists have found a way to stop brain cancer cells spreading by essentially 'freezing' a key molecule in the brain. The finding could pave the way for a new type of treatment for glioblastoma, the ...

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors exist in a wide range of types, from aggressive to slow growing. Approximately two-thirds of the tumors that grow in the brain aren’t cancerous at all, ...

Oligodendroglioma is a rare type of brain tumor. It’s in a category of brain and spinal cord tumors called gliomas. These are brain or spinal cord tumors that come from abnormal glial cells, the ...

Researchers have identified a vitamin B12–based compound that appears capable of crossing the blood–brain barrier and selectively accumulating in glioblastoma tissue.