Brain cancer vs brain tumor: What’s the difference and why does it matter?

Brain tumors and brain cancer are often confused, but they differ significantly. A tumor is an abnormal growth; cancer ...
BioWorld

Three pediatric brain cancer types share a pineal gland origin

Similarities among three pediatric brain tumors that arise in different structures of the CNS – pineoblastoma, retinoblastoma and Group 3 medulloblastoma – have been linked to their shared origin ...

Perspective Therapeutics doses first brain tumor patient in expanded radiopharmaceutical trial

Perspective Therapeutics Inc. (NYSE-A:CATX) has treated the first patient with a type of brain tumor called meningioma using ...
Fred Hutch

Protecting what matters most: Proton therapy for brain and central nervous system tumors

Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors exist in a wide range of types, from aggressive to slow growing. Approximately two-thirds of the tumors that grow in the brain aren’t cancerous at all, ...

World Brain Tumour Day 2026: When is a headache a sign of something more serious?

World Brain Tumour Day is observed on June 8 every year. While headaches are among the most common complaints across all ages ...