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...
An uncommon tumor, an acoustic neuroma forms on the cranial nerve that connects the ear to the brain, according to MedlinePlus. An acoustic neuroma is not cancerous and grows slowly, typically causing symptoms to begin after age 30. Patients can...
You may or may not be a viable candidate for operative surgery. Only you and your physician can make that determination, based on the size, type and placement of the optic glioma as well as your age, medical history, physical condition and...
Neurosurgeons perform brain surgery for a variety of medical reasons, including brain tumors, epilepsy, vascular malformations and traumas. Brain surgeries have been performed for thousands of years and typically required removal of a portion of...
Trilogy is a radiation machine that offers multi-treatment functionality and image-guided technology in one machine. According to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, the Trilogy system allows radiation oncologists to track the movement of a...
Brain cancers make up about 2 percent of all diagnosed cancers in the United States, according to the International RadioSurgery Association. Primary brain cancers develop from brain cells, as opposed to cancers that begin in other organs and...
A brain tumor is an abnormal growth consisting of cells reproducing uncontrollably. A benign brain tumor is composed of harmless cells, and is contained within distinct boundaries. Most benign tumors can be removed surgically. Malignant tumors are...
An acoustic neuroma refers to a noncancerous tumor that grows slowly and may or may not cause problems. According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of an acoustic neuroma include gradual hearing loss that may be sudden in some cases. It can also lead...
The International RadioSurgery Association says that brain cancer makes up 2 percent of cancers in the United States. One type of brain cancer is glioblastoma multiforme, a grade IV astroyctoma. Glioblastoma multiforme accounts for 50 percent of...
A glioblastoma glial tumor arises in the brain and contains a number of different cell types. These aggressive tumors are difficult to treat and may not respond even to an intense multifaceted treatment regimen. Even when successfully treated,...
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive, incurable cancer that originates in the brain and may invade the spinal cord. According to Harvard University, unlike other brain cancers, GBM originates primarily in the brain and is the most...
Melanoma is a type of cancer which arises from genetic mutations within melanocytes, which are pigment-producing cells in the skin. Melanoma is often caused by excessive sunlight exposure. One of the dangers of melanoma is that it can spread to...
Patients with primary cancers of the brain or metastases from other cancers to the brain may receive radiation therapy. Radiation affects both the cancer cells and the normal brain cells; the types and magnitude of damage depends on the amount of...
Radiation oncology is a cancer treatment that uses high energy X-rays to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy can originate from a device similar to an X-ray machine. A doctor can also administer radiation therapy as an internal treatment by...
Acoustic neuroma is a slow growing, non-cancerous head tumor that develops next to the brain and attaches to the eighth cranial nerve that goes between the brain and the ear. For some with acoustic neuroma, the tumor never causes problems and, for...
Glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive and most common type of primary brain tumor, comprises nearly 25 percent of primary brain tumors, the University of Southern California states. Primary brain tumors, brain tumors that arise in the brain...
An acoustic neuroma, also called a vestibular schwannoma, is a common non-cancerous brain tumor. It forms on the eighth cranial, or vestibulocochlear, nerve which relays information between the brain and inner ear. While an acoustic neuroma does...
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...
Radiation is often used to treat brain tumors; the high-energy radiation kills the growing tumor cells. Although radiation is typically highly effective in killing cancer cells in the brain, it may have long-term side effects. These late radiation...
Cobalt is a nonradioactive metal found in nature from which radioactive isotopes can be produced by linear accelerators (for medical and commercial uses) and nuclear reactors (as a waste by-product). Cobalt-60 is the most common isotope and is...
Cushing's disease occurs in 10 to 15 people per million, according to the University of California at Los Angeles. Cushing's disease occurs when the pituitary gland, a pea-sized endocrine gland responsible for hormone production, produces too much...
Ringing in the ears, a symptom called tinnitus, occurs as a result of an underlying medical condition, such as ear trauma, structural abnormalities or growths in the ear. Although in most cases the underlying cause of tinnitus is not a serious...
The Mayo Clinic defines acoustic neuroma, also known as a vestibular schwannoma, as a slow growing, non cancerous tumor that develops adjacent to the brain on a portion of the eighth cranial nerve that runs from the brain to the inner ear....
Glioblastoma, also known as Glioblastoma multiforme, is a grade 4 type of brain tumor that is almost always fatal. It is an aggressive tumor that involves the glial cells of the brain. According to the International Radiosurgery Association,...
Several types of neurological surgeries are used to treat medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease, mental health problems such as depression, and vascular problems such as blood clots and aneurysms. These surgeries use electrical...
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...
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive form of glial cancer, a brain tumor made up of a variety of glial cells which are supportive cells in the nervous system. These glioblastomas grow rapidly and are difficult to treat. Prognosis tends...
Acoustic neuroma, also referred to as vestibular schwannoma or neurilemmoma, is a rare, benign tumor found on the vestibulocochlear nerve, the eighth cranial nerve in the head. It accounts for 6 percent of all brain tumors, and doctors make...
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...
Brain tumors are created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division. Learn about the symptoms and treatments for brain cancer in this video.
