Elizabeth Fleurisma tears up as she runs her fingers over the scars that map her scalp. The Long Island mom was stunned to discover at the age of 30 that she had a brain tumor the size of a lime. She ...

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...

CCSS follow-up of 24,886 five-year survivors (1970–1999 diagnoses) identified 471 individuals with 710 meningiomas, including frequent multiplicity (29% ≥2; 16% meningiomatosis).

Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate use was tied to higher meningioma risk in a large U.S. study. Other contraceptives, including IUDs and combined oral pills, showed no increased meningioma risk.

Using the progestogen-only contractive pill "desogestrel" for more than five years may increase the risk of developing a type of brain tumor known as an "intracranial meningioma," a new study has ...