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Breakthrough for Brain Tumors
- By ABTA_Jillann · New reply yesterday at 2:58 pm
- Discussion in Living with a brain tumor · 7 replies
- For those of you coming out for tomorrow's Breakthrough for Brain Tumors event I hope you are getting very excited! I know I am. ABTA staff will be there to help with any questions or concerns you may ...
The battle is over
- By MBet · New reply yesterday at 1:24 pm
- Journal · 24 replies
- I just wanted to let everyone know that my wife lost her battle last night with a gbm. After 16 months, two radiation treatments, 3 different chemos, and a trial, the progression was just too great. Luckily ...
Online Seminar: Updates in Treatment Options for Brain Metastases
- By ABTA_Jillann · Posted yesterday at 1:14 pm
- Discussion in Treatments · 0 replies
- Updates in Treatment Options for Brain Metastases: As many as one third of patients with primary lung, breast, kidney, colon and skin cancers may develop brain metastases. Hear from Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon ...
Brain Tumor Tip of the Day
- By ABTA_Jillann · Posted yesterday at 1:08 pm
- Discussion in Living with a brain tumor · 0 replies
- Did you know eating well can help you heal and recover more readily from your brain tumor treatment? If you can make healthy eating selections 80% of the time, you can allow yourself to make less healthy ...
Brain Tumor News May 16, 2012
- By ABTA_Jillann · Posted yesterday at 11:54 am
- Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
- Novacure Announces Launch of Recurrent Glioblastoma Product Website http://www.marketwatch.com/story/novocur e-announces-launch-of-recurrent-glioblas toma-product-website-2012-05-14 Lasers Take Aim at ...
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- By 007jes · New reply yesterday at 7:20 am
- Journal · 3 replies
- Ok every1 has a story... they r all jack'd up in 1 way or another. We all have or had brain invaders. Not 1 experience is worse nor better than another- I freak'n hate that. Those who compare. We all ...
The rare pineal tumor
- By Renee86 · New reply May 15, 2012
- Journal · 7 replies
- On Jan. 12,2012 I found out that I had a brain tumor. On Jan. 16, 2012 I found out that I have a tumor in the middle of brain called a pineal gland tumor. The doctor told me that it's blocking my cf fluid ...
Breakthrough for Brain Tumors
- By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 15, 2012
- Discussion in Living with a brain tumor · 0 replies
- Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2012 Chicago Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K Event on Sunday! 4,500 runners and walkers raised nearly $900,000 and donations are still coming in! We are ...
Brain Tumor Fact
- By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 15, 2012
- Discussion in Living with a brain tumor · 0 replies
- Did you know meningiomas are the most common primary brain tumor, representing 34% of all primary brain tumors ...
Employment Webinar
- By ABTA_Jillann · New reply May 14, 2012
- Discussion in Living with a brain tumor · 1 reply
- Do you have questions about how your cancer diagnosis will affect your job? To register for this FREE teleconference/webinar by Cancer Legal Resource Center, please click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/24 ...
mothers day reminder
- By lee49 · New reply May 14, 2012
- Journal · 3 replies
- On 5/1 had surgery to remove what my son and I named Jack. 95% of right temporal lobe tumor removed and was grade 2, appers to be an oli tumor, but awaiting the written report from path. Surgeon told ...
Guilt, Sorrow, Empathy, Anger!
- By GGALLIHER1169 · New reply May 14, 2012
- Journal · 16 replies
- Not sure where to begin. I have days that I could fill a book with my feelings. And days I am not able to put anything into words. It's hard sometimes to come here and read the horror stories. They make ...
There calling my Tumore DNET
- By tim311 · New reply May 14, 2012
- Discussion in Living with a brain tumor · 6 replies
- Well i igot a name for my tumor now DNET and from what i have been reading about it and from what i understand its is a newly found tumor so they really dont know much about it at all. The only thing ...
iv been in hospital the past 2 weeks for testing
- By tim311 · Posted May 13, 2012
- Discussion in Treatments · 0 replies
- Iv been in hospital the past few weeks for tests and ii get out Monday so im glad this is my last day in here. I cant wait to get these leads taken off my head and get back into my own bed. i had a few ...
Petroclival Meningioma - Skull Based Tumor - Looking for some Guidance
- By gloria23 · New reply May 13, 2012
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 6 replies
- I was just diagnosed with a large Petroclival Meningioma / Skull Based Tumor and I am seeking any advise or guidance you may have to offer. From what I have been able to research, this is a rare tumor ...
Brain Tumor Fact
- By ABTA_Jillann · New reply May 12, 2012
- Discussion in Metastatic tumors · 1 reply
- Did you know metastatic brain tumors are the most common brain tumor? Although statistics for brain metastases are not readily available, it is estimated that there are more metastatic than primary malignant ...
RADIATION
- By lchrist · New reply May 12, 2012
- Discussion in Treatments · 10 replies
- Found out today from the techs in the radiation department that they will be shooting me 6 times with radiation for under 15 minutes. Is that a lot of radiation? They said its standard radiation ...
Glioblastoma "Multiform" Grade IV (7 Months...that's it!)
- By jim-s · New reply May 12, 2012
- Journal · 9 replies
- Wife's younger brother, "Rudy", age 45, diagnosed with this late September, when he was feeling like he had a mild stroke. MRI...tumor left frontal lobe, surgery the next day and they removed everything ...
Be An Attentive Caregiver.
- By akosua · New reply May 12, 2012
- Discussion in Treatments · 18 replies
- I was the caregiver to my husband after he was diagnosed with GBM, Wanted to get the right medications and go for the right test, and do what ever it takes to prolong life. I found out the Temodar my ...
Tumor may be been around since '06?
- By jrands · New reply May 12, 2012
- Discussion in Living with a brain tumor · 3 replies
- I recently posted this on my blog, but wanted some thoughts on it as well. So here it goes...A little history about me. In February of 2011, a CT scan revealed a lesion in the right medial temporal parietal ...
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