Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or secondary (metastatic, spreading to the brain from cancer elsewhere). They can also ...

Dr. Lisa Ni explains how proton therapy offers more precision when treating brain and central nervous system tumors in ...

Meningioma is the most common type of brain tumor. It does not develop in the brain tissue itself, but on the inside of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain. In most cases, a meningioma ...

A routine brain scan can look clear but still leave surgeons guessing. Two benign tumors near the pituitary gland often appear nearly identical on MRI. Choose the wrong one, and the entire surgical ...

A Needham woman who worked for several years in Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s fifth floor maternity unit has become the seventh nurse to report being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. Debbie Connolly ...