An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor that grows on the nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain. It can cause hearing loss, balance problems and ringing in the ears. Radiation therapy, also known as radiosurgery or gamma-knife...
A pituitary tumor refers to a small and typically non-cancerous growth that involves the pituitary gland (located in the brain and needed to make hormones). A pituitary tumor may produce excessive or decreased amounts of hormones, depending on the...
An acoustic neuroma, or vestibular schwannoma, is a common, non-cancerous type of tumor that grows on a nerve that runs between the brain and inner ear. Typically slow-growing, these tumors sometimes remain small enough that the best treatment is...
Prolactinomas are benign tumors that grow on the pituitary gland, a region of the brain that generates and secretes hormones. Prolactinoma tumor cells secrete a hormone called prolactin, a protein that plays a role in fertility and lactation. The...
Treatment for brain cancer depends on the type, the location of the tumor, size and stage of development. Patients can be afflicted with one of two types of brain cancer; primary brain cancer or secondary brain cancer, which is a metastasis of a...
Brain surgery, also called neurosurgery, is a field of medicine in which surgeons must navigate their way through tangles of neurons, or brain cells. Cut neurons don't regenerate, and functional areas of the brain often have fewer well-defined...
A neuroma is a growth or tumor that arises from nerve tissue. It can occur at the end of an injured nerve fiber and is usually not malignant. Neuromas occur most frequently in the foot and ear. The most common neuroma in the foot is a Morton's...
