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What you need to know about benign meningiomas

Who they affect: Meningiomas are more common in older adults, especially women, with studies showing a 2.7% prevalence among 70-year-old women. When to act: Small, slow-growing tumors may only require ...
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Mayo Clinic Health Letter Offers Overview of Meningioma -- Brain Tumor that May Not Need Treatment

ROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Meningiomas, the most common type of brain tumors, are rarely cancerous and may not require treatment. The July issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter offers an ...

How a doctor monitors herself for brain tumors and the No. 1 most common symptom

Brain tumor symptoms a Mayo Clinic doctor monitors in her own body include headaches, fatigue, nausea or vomiting and ...
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Benign meningiomas can’t stop YAP-ing, but aggressive subtypes are more soft-spoken

Like any specialized field, cancer biology has its fair share of technical vocabulary and jargon; two examples which you may be familiar with are the terms tumor suppressor (a gene whose loss or ...
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A woman who felt so low she could barely shower was given antidepressants. She had a seizure, and a scan revealed an orange-sized tumor had caused her personality to change.

A woman started to snap at loved ones, had "zero energy," and didn't want to socialize anymore. Doctors gave Michelle Francis, 47, antidepressants for her symptoms. After a seizure, she was diagnosed ...