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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
imageGliomas 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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