Identify the process that allows cancer cells from breast or lung tumor recurrence and spread to the brain is the ultimate challenge of the research team led by Joan Massagué the Spanish, who announced in an interview with Efe that the first results expected for 2009 . …read the rest of this entry»

Brain metastases have morbidity; 20 to 40% of patients have a systemic cancer brain metastases.

Correlation between age and sex, for instance, lung cancers and melanoma is more prevalent in men, while breast cancer was prevalent in women. Younger patients more easily develop metastases than the elderly.

The location of which is at 85% of cases supratentorial, 15% at level 5% in cerebellum and brainstem. The parietal lobe is most affected 67% due to its rich substitution through the middle cerebral artery, and continues in the frontal lobe often 33%. …read the rest of this entry»

Age at diagnosis: 7 (with choriocarcinoma) and 17 (with anaplastic astrocytoma)
Current age: 22
Status: Still recovering

Jennifer’s advice: Trust in God and look to your family for support.
Jennifer’s Cancer Journey
I was diagnosed with my first brain tumor, a choriocarcinoma, when I was seven years old. After two surgeries, radiation, and two-and-one-half years of chemotherapy, we thought I was free of cancer.

Ten years later, I was diagnosed with my second brain tumor, an anaplastic astrocytoma, which doctors believed may have been related to the radiation therapy used to cure the first tumor. Because my second tumor was located in the optic chiasm , my doctors did not want to operate. However, my mom found a neurosurgeon at New York University Hospital who had expertise in this area. The surgery did not go as well as we had hoped. I had a stroke during surgery and a severe reaction to phenytoin, which kept me in intensive care for three weeks. The doctor was unable to remove all of the tumor. …read the rest of this entry»

Age at diagnosis:17
Current age:20
Occupation:Student

Troy’s advice: Don’t keep your emotions bottled up. Share how you are feeling with friends and family because it will help you feel better.

Troy’s Cancer Journey
I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 1996. My family and I were shocked. Just one year prior to my cancer diagnosis, I was told that I had a digestive disorder called Crohn’s disease. …read the rest of this entry»

A disease characterized by, among other things, progressive loss of memory. The development of Alzheimer’s disease is thought to be associated at least in part with possessing certain alleles of the gene, which encodes apolipoprotein E.