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Changes in the Brain During Brain Cancer

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Patients living with brain cancer often experience cancer-related cognitive impairments. UCSF neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, explains that these changes in language, learning, attention, and processing speed are related to the tumor itself as well as the different treatments for brain cancer.

This video was recorded on July 21, 2021.

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