Tag: diagnosis
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Diagnosis and treatment during the coronavirus pandemic
If you have potential symptoms of a brain tumour, or an existing diagnosis with recurring symptoms, it’s important not to delay seeking advice, even during the covid-19 pandemic.
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An AI blood test that could speed up brain tumour diagnosis
Reported at this week’s The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) conference, the innovative test could change the way brain tumours are diagnosed earlier.
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Telling your loved ones about your brain tumour diagnosis
Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Dr Nick Mooney, offers advice on how best to start talking with your family and friends about brain tumours.
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Speech and Cognition problems: Oliver’s Story
Oliver Highway was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in April 2012, aged just 39. As a result of his tumour and its treatment, Oliver’s life was turned upside-down when he was left with speech and cognition problems. But with the help of his family, Oliver hasn’t let these side-effects hold him back.
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Coping with life following a brain tumour diagnosis
12 pieces of heartfelt advice from those who truly understand what life is like when you’re diagnosed with a brain tumour.
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Are women being labelled as mentally ill when in fact the cause of their symptoms is potentially more deadly?
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Beccy Shortt, discusses the journey many women face to being correctly diagnosed with a brain tumour.
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King’s College Hospital trials Virtual Reality MRI scanner app to help patients
Researcher and clinicians at King’s College Hospital in London are trialling a Virtual Reality (VR) app to help children due to undergo an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).
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New genetic test offers hope of more effective childhood cancer treatments
Children with brain tumours will be among those offered a new genetic test that paves the way for young patients to receive personalised cancer treatment.
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How can we cut delays to brain tumour diagnosis? Dr Paul Brennan
Dr Paul Brennan explores when is a headache ‘just a headache’ and when could it signal a brain tumour?
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Sheffield Children’s Hospital pioneers new ‘sat nav’ of the brain to map tumours
Sheffield Children’s hospital is leading the use of an intraoperative MRI scanner combined with new brain mapping software to identify if they have removed all of the tumour while the patient is still in theatre.
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UK-based scientists study trace metal elements to identify brain tumours
Scientists based at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility in Oxfordshire, have used a technique known as x-ray fluorescence to track microscopic trace metals and correctly identify malignant brain tumour cells.
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Breakthrough in brain tumour liquid biopsy
A research team based in Catalonia, Spain, has pioneered a more accurate and less invasive liquid biopsy technique for brain tumours.
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Latest figures reveal where people live could influence cancer diagnosis times
Cancer Research UK have released some figures that demonstrate how getting a cancer diagnosis in a timely manner varies across the UK.
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Doctors should order fewer ‘inappropriate’ diagnostic tests
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ document Choosing Wisely – which has been widely reported in the media – says doctors should work with patients to cut out treatments and procedures which are of ‘questionable value’.