Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or secondary (metastatic, spreading to the brain from cancer elsewhere). They can also ...

Meningioma is the most common type of brain tumor. It does not develop in the brain tissue itself, but on the inside of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain. In most cases, a meningioma ...

Glioma is a tumor of the central nervous system that originates from glial cells, which support neurons in the brain. In the ...

A Needham woman who worked for several years in Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s fifth floor maternity unit has become the seventh nurse to report being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. Debbie Connolly ...