Risk of stroke-specific mortality after radiotherapy in patients with primary brain tumours.

Introduction: Stroke is an established complication in cancer patients, amongst whom brain tumour patients have the highest risk of fatal stroke. Radiotherapy is an important treatment for brain tumours and is associated with increased risk of cerebrovascular disease. However, the impact of brain irradiation on stroke-related deaths in brain tumour patients is unknown, and the timing of any effect uncertain.

Automated brain tumor identification using magnetic resonance imaging: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Automated brain tumor identification facilitates diagnosis and treatment planning. We evaluate the performance of traditional machine learning (TML) and deep learning (DL) in brain tumor detection and segmentation, using MRI.

Methods: A systematic literature search from January 2000 to May 8, 2021 was conducted.

Are UK medical schools using recommended national curricula for the teaching of clinical neuroscience?

Background: Medical schools are responsible for training medical students to recognise and commence management for a broad spectrum of diseases, including clinical neuroscience conditions. To guide medical schools on topics that should be taught, speciality bodies have produced speciality-based core curricula. It is unknown to what extent these guidelines are used in designing each medical school's curriculum.

Functional herniated choroid plexus in brain parenchyma following VP shunt removal.

We report a 4-year-old male who presented with a blocked ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt inserted post excision of a WHO Grade 1 cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma complicated post-operatively by pseudo meningocoele formation. Imaging revealed choroid plexus that had herniated along the shunt tract. Subsequent MRI showed development of cystic changes around the tract.