Upper back pain may be a sign of cancer that has spread to the spine. However, many other conditions can cause pain in the upper back, such as arthritis or a herniated disk. Some types of cancer may ...
These tumors are less likely to spread to surrounding tissues than higher-grade tumors, so they often have better outcomes. In the past, pediatric gliomas were classified into low-grade and high-grade ...
University of Mayland Medical Center neurosurgeon Dr. Mohamed A.M. Labib describes how surgeons were able to remove a rare bone tumor called a chordoma in the patient's cervical spine by threading ...
Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MDMedically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD A tumor, or neoplasm, is abnormal tissue that develops because of excessive cell growth. Tumors can be either benign ...
"The tumor was wrapped around the patient's spine and spinal cord and had invaded the vertebrae in her neck, just below the base of the skull," said Mohamed A.M. Labib, MD, CM, a UMMC neurosurgeon and ...
The outlook for stage 4 brain cancer depends on a wide range of factors. These include the type of brain cancer, how fast it grows, the tumor’s location on the brain, and an individual’s overall ...
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