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New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids

Each year, about 140 kids in the United States are diagnosed with a craniopharyngioma, a typically non-cancerous brain tumor that develops near the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.

Doctors treat craniopharyngiomas with surgery to remove the entire tumor or a less aggressive surgery followed by radiation to kill any remaining cells.

Now, a

  • Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
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  • April 25, 2023
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