Unfortunately, glioma does come back for a number of patients. Those who are younger (under 40), had smaller tumors, or had their tumor fully resected may have a lower chance of cancer recurring.

Facing a cancer diagnosis can be a stressful and traumatic experience. With glioma in particular, treatment can lead to neurological, cognitive, and behavioral changes that may impact daily life.

Unlike many other cancers, which are staged based on tumor spread, gliomas are graded based on their appearance under a microscope and biological behavior. Gliomas are graded on a scale of 1 to 4, ...

Gliomas can develop from several different types of cells in the brain, including oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and ependymal cells. The treatment path may vary depending on what type of brain cell ...

Surgery is often the first step in glioma treatment, aiming for maximal safe resection (removal of the tumor) while preserving essential brain function. Depending on how surgery goes and other risk ...

Most glioma patients will be diagnosed at a community medical center — and some receive most or all of their cancer care locally as well. While major academic institutions can provide access to ...

Molecular testing is a broad term that refers to the detection of individual molecules or pieces of cancer cells to better characterize a cancer, its behavior — and which treatment options may work ...

A new population-based study, led by Cedars-Sinai investigators, is suggesting that the overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer, a disease actress Sofia Vergara beat more than two decades ago, continues to be ...

Veteran MSNBC news anchor Andrea Mitchell, 78, announced in late October that she would be stepping down from her long-running daily news show, Andrea Mitchell Reports — which first aired in 2008 — ...

Overseen by the renowned immunologist Dr. Carl June, it showed the edited genes had a sustained ability to attack and kill tumors. CRISPR is a revolutionary method of gene editing that allows ...