Protecting specific area of the brain during radiation therapy substantially reduces memory loss

Sept. 23, 2013. 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 ... (more)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/uomm-psa092313.php