Brain Tumor

Long-term use of both mobile and cordless phones is associated with an increased risk for glioma, the most common type of brain tumor, the latest research on the subject concludes. The new study shows that the risk for glioma was tripled among those using a wireless phone for more than 25 years and that the…

An optical technology for discriminating brain tumors from normal brain may eventually help surgeons in the operating room. Also this week: keeping neuronal growth on the straight and narrow. New Light on Brain Tumors When patients with brain tumors undergo surgery, it’s hard for surgeons to tell where tumor ends and normal brain starts, which…