The term “brain tumor” carries a particularly scary connotation. And if you’re a fan of TV medical dramas, you may think they’re quite common. However, less than 1% of Americans are living with a ...

The oldest brother of an 11-year-old U.S. citizen girl whose treatment for a rare brain tumor was interrupted when her parents were deported to Mexico is attending the State of the Union address ...

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata A ...

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 ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – February 17, 2026) Liquid biopsies, which test body fluids that contain cancerous material, including circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), are a noninvasive way to learn about a cancer’s ...

Becca Valle didn't understand why she kept having aching headaches. She was happy at a new job. She was living with her boyfriend and happy to be near her family. She had recently checked a major item ...

Share on Pinterest A new AI tool may help predict disease risk using brain MRI datasets. Image credit: Tunvarat Pruksachat/Getty Images The wellness of the brain plays an important role in living a ...

Goose acts as the agent that plans, iterates, and applies changes. Ollama is the local runtime that hosts the model. Qwen3-coder is the coding-focused LLM that generates results. If you've been ...

For years, scientists have viewed cancer as a localized glitch in which cells refuse to stop dividing. But a new study suggests that, in certain organs, tumors actively communicate with the brain to ...

A potential breakthrough in the fight against glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer, is emerging from UVA Cancer Center. University of Virginia scientists, with support from the National ...