Graduate student Lu Xu wears a device designed by engineers, at Washington University in St. Louis, that targets ultrasound waves to precise spots in the brain. Such targeting is the first step in a ...

Prefrontal cortex biopsies taken for research purposes during deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedures appeared to be safe, new research has suggested. Investigators found no significant differences in ...

Malignant brain cancer is aggressive, and biopsies are invasive and painful, but now, some doctors have developed a new method of confirming a diagnosis: a liquid biopsy. Brain cancer’s survival rate ...

ThedaCare has a new, minimally invasive treatment for brain tumors and lesions using MRI-guided laser technology. It's the first health system to offer the treatment in northeastern Wisconsin. The ...

Researchers analyzed the diagnostic value of stereotactic brain biopsy in patients with leukemia presenting central nervous system lesions BEIJING, BEIJING, CHINA ...

High-grade astrocytoma, which includes glioblastoma, is a fast-growing, aggressive brain cancer that often returns after the ...

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 biology. However, technological ...