Protecting specific area of the brain during radiation therapy substantially reduces memory loss
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
Protecting the stem cells that reside in and around the hippocampus -- a C-shaped area in the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain associated with the ability to form and store memories -- substantially reduces the rate of cancer patients' memory loss during whole-brain radiotherapy without a significant risk of recurrence in that area of the brain, a new study shows.