When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...

A technique that maps a patient's language centers before going into surgery works best when their brain tumor is not in those areas. The finding, published by Nagoya University researchers in the ...

A preoperative procedure might enable surgeons to protect the language centers during brain tumor removal without needing to keep patients awake during surgery. A technique that maps a patient's ...