While tremendous relief comes from successfully battling cancer, survivors can also experience cognitive impairments caused by the disease and its treatment. Up to 70% of survivors experience trouble ...

While tremendous relief comes from successfully battling cancer, survivors can also experience cognitive impairments caused by the disease and its treatment. Up to 70% of survivors experience trouble ...

RADIATION THERAPY SIDE EFFECTS: WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM When Do Side Effects Start?1. Side effects of radiation therapy are categorised as:- Early side effects: Occur during or shortly ...

Ionising radiation poses significant risks to central nervous system function across clinical and environmental settings. In therapeutic contexts, cranial radiotherapy for tumour control can induce ...

Radiation-induced brain injury (RIBI) is a serious and often delayed complication of cranial radiotherapy, which remains a cornerstone in the treatment of brain tumors such as gliomas, metastases, and ...

Preoperative radiation therapy targeting brain metastases can activate immune pathways that typically are suppressed, results ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham trialed stereotactic (targeted) brain-directed radiation in 100 patients with small cell lung cancer and brain metastases, finding they ...

Randomized comparisons of stereotactic radiation and whole-brain radiation for patients with more than four brain metastases have been lacking. A randomized trial showed that stereotactic radiation ...

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors exist in a wide range of types, from aggressive to slow growing. Approximately two-thirds of the tumors that grow in the brain aren’t cancerous at all, ...

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 14, 2025 — While tremendous relief comes from successfully battling cancer, survivors can also experience cognitive impairments caused by the disease and its treatment. Up to 70% ...