No one wants to receive the unhappy news that they have a brain tumor. Fortunately, malignant brain tumors are relatively rare, accounting for around two percent of all cancers diagnosed in the U.S. Because most primary brain cancers are difficult to treat, the question is often asked, “Is brain tumor prevention possible?” The most common ...
Catching a brain tumor in your dog before it shows symptoms may be possible with annual MRI scans, but would a yearly MRI scan make a difference in the prognosis or survival odds? After all, the earlier that a brain tumor is detected in a dog, the more treatable it is, right? Well, I ...
After Ted Kennedy’s brain tumor diagnosis and recently seeing a complete list of famous names who died of (or survived) brain tumors over the last twenty years, it amazed me at how many there were. Most of the people who died of brain tumors are within the last 30 years, too, with huge increases during ...
Jocelyn really wanted to share with her family the news that she had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. She needed their help but was afraid they’d be critical of how upset she was that doctors had decided not to remove the meningioma. She eventually consoled herself with the knowledge that hers was the most ...
I can honestly say i do not know what i will do if one more person tells me that I’m “lucky” because my brain tumor is ‘just benign’. Slap them? Karate chop them to the neck? Or, perhaps take the more rational approach and simply have them read the statistics and research done on benign ...
When my oldest son was diagnosed with a brain tumor, after keeling over with a string of seizures, I was shocked, angry, concerned, sad and confused. How had the tumor never been noted previously? What suddenly brought on the signs of the tumor? Would he die from it? Become debilitated? After the initial shock, and ...
