The team used a special type of brain scan called tau PET, which tracks a protein known as tau that builds up in the brain ...

June 19, 2025 at 12:01am BST A “pioneering” new scanner derived from MRI technology could be used to track brain cancer spread and lead to improved treatment for patients, researchers have said.

The diagnosis: Brain tumors are diagnosed using imaging tests like MRI or CT scans, which help detect the size and location of the tumor. In some cases, a biopsy is done to confirm the type of tumor.

A bright green fireball seen from Morro Bay to Truckee amazed Californians. According to the American Meteor Society, there's a clear reason why it was green.

Until now, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been the main method used to diagnose and monitor the treatment of brain metastases. However, this method cannot visualize the metabolic activity of ...

In a new People interview, Bolton, 72, opened up about being diagnosed with glioblastoma, rare form of brain cancer, in late 2023. Just after Thanksgiving that year, he went bowling with his kids ...

Five brain tumor cases — all benign (non-cancerous) — had been reported as of last week. Now, the hospital is reporting a sixth case, according to the Mass General Brigham Department of ...

Five cases were determined to be brain tumors of three different types — all of which were benign (non-cancerous). The only type of benign tumor that had more than one case was meningioma.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In front of a giant wall of monitors showing brain scans of people with brain tumors, Dr. Spyridon Bakas at Indiana University School of Medicine tells I-Team 8 how ...

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Eventually, I gave in, never expecting what was to come. “The scan revealed a meningioma, a tumor in a rare and dangerous location near my brain stem and left optic nerve.

Dan Horrocks, 33, was diagnosed with his first life-threatening tumor in August 2011 and went through brain surgery and started regular scans. In May 2014 he was told he had another brain tumour ...