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Brain tumors are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline

  • Written by Saritha Krishna, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Brain tumors are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive declineGliomas can form connections with distant areas of the brain, exploiting them for their own spread and growth.Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

Researchers have long known that brain tumors, specifically a type of tumor called a glioma, can affect a person’s cognitive and physical function. Patients with glioblastoma, the most fatal...

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