Brain and spinal cord tumors are abnormal growths of tissue found inside the skull or the bony spinal column, which are the primary components of the central nervous system (CNS). Benign tumors are ...

Spinal cord tumors are growths that develop in the spinal canal. These growths can originate from either the spinal cord itself or the bones that surround the spinal cord. Spinal cord tumors make up ...

A young Maryland woman is “relieved and recovering” after doctors performed a novel surgery to remove her potentially deadly cancerous tumors. A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical ...

Karla Flores was 18 when she started experiencing double vision. She knew something was wrong but struggled to find a diagnosis. Finally, she saw an ophthalmologist who referred her to a neurosurgeon.

A young Maryland woman is "relieved and recovering" after doctors performed a novel surgery to remove her potentially deadly cancerous tumors. A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical ...

The section of spinal neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is a well-established and expanding service of the Department of Neurosurgery under Chair, James M. Markert, M.D. Led by ...

Andy Kershaw, 66, has revealed he has spinal cancer that has left him unable to walk. As he undergoes intensive treatment, his diagnosis has drawn attention to spinal tumors, which often arise from ...

Palliative whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for brain metastases (BM) revisited: The patient population in the modern era is different from the original patient cohort of the RTOG WBRT clinical ...

Neurosurgery experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, April 25-28. The ...

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully removed a rare cancerous tumor wrapped around the spine and spinal cord of a ...

"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 ...