New Technology Helping To Treat Brain Tumors

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Treating brain tumors can be difficult, especially if theyre rare or are in a particularly complicated part of the brain.

Now, a combination of technologies is helping to map out a better treatment.

Auto parts store owner Jeffrey Kowalski was dizzy and staggering. His heart checked out. So, he went for a brain scan next. An unexpected finding drastically changed his life.

The doctors saw a tumor, deep in the brain, the size of a golf ball.

I was scared. I didnt want to die, he said.

Surgery to remove it was complicated because of its location. It was in the ventricle, a fluid filled space in the central part of the brain.

With deeper-seated tumors, it becomes an issue of getting to the tumor safely without injuring important brain structures, Forbes Regional Hospital Neurosurgeon Dr. Eugene Bonati said.

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New Technology Helping To Treat Brain Tumors