Michelle Tagliamonte, a 58-year-old mom from Ohio, was diagnosed with early-stage melanoma after noticing two lines on her right thumb during a manicure. She saw a doctor after realizing the lines ...
Nicola Shaw, of Manchester, England, was 38 years old she learned that a tingling pain in her face was due to a meningioma tumor in her brain. Now she’s working to spread awareness for the disease and ...
As Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson works towards getting most of his 200 tattoos removed, a newly published study is suggesting that tattoo ink exposure may increase one’s risk of lymphoma and ...
John Johnson, a dad of two from Cleveland, Ohio, was diagnosed with stage 2 colorectal cancer at age 35 after dismissing blood in his stool as hemorrhoids and contributing the unusual symptom to ...
Treatment for glioma typically involves a combination of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy — but the treatment path and combination can vary depending on several factors. New therapies, ...
Treatment for gliomas varies based on tumor type and grade, typically involving a combination of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Targeted Therapies: Newer treatments, such as IDH ...
Patients who live in more remote areas may run into issues accessing the expertise and cutting edge treatments that are available at major cancer centers. Fortunately, accommodations can often be made ...
Moving beyond what tumor cells look like under a microscope, doctors now use genetic “fingerprints” to diagnose glioma and better predict how a tumor will behave and which treatments might work best.
It’s natural to experience feelings of anxiety, sadness, or uncertainty after any cancer diagnosis, but there are specific challenges brain tumor patients may face, such as neurological side effects ...
When imaging tests indicate that a patient may have glioma, surgery is often the first step recommended by doctors. Surgery plays an important role in both the treatment and diagnosis of glioma. After ...
Gliomas vary greatly based on their size, location in the brain, grade, and other key factors. Grade is a categorization tool used to help doctors determine the best treatment path to recommend for ...
“Standard of care” refers to the protocols doctors follow for your care. For most facilities, the guidelines are set by a group called the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), which gets ...