Gliomas are graded on their aggressiveness, not staged like many other cancers. They are graded on a scale of 1 through 4 with 4 being the most aggressive. Low-grade gliomas are easier to treat, and ...

Attorney Gary Jensen, 71, is on a mission to educate about esophageal cancer. The father of three and grandfather of eight achieved remission status for the disease in August 2023 after his stage 3 ...

“Baywatch” star Nicole Eggert has finished up radiation and is set to be medically induced into menopause amid her stage 2 breast cancer battle. Stage 2 breast cancers are either larger than stage 1 ...

Grade 2 gliomas are still considered low-grade. Surgery is generally the first treatment and in some cases, it can even be curative. Certain patients are considered high-risk for recurrence after ...

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a groundbreaking technology that is transforming the way we understand and treat gliomas, which are a type of tumor that arises in the brain or spinal cord. This ...

Comedian Wanda Sykes, who previously battled stage zero breast cancer after cancer was found during breast reduction surgery, is once again raising awareness for breast cancer, and doing so with the ...

For low-grade gliomas, surgery is typically part of the initial treatment plan. The goal is to remove as much of the tumor as possible without causing significant neurological side effects, or maximal ...

When undergoing glioma treatment, you will likely be working with a multidisciplinary team of professionals. This means you may see and be treated by specialists in neurosurgery, medical oncology, ...

Actor Jeff Bridges, who recently lost his family home during the Palisade’s Fire in California, previously admitted he had a specific “vision” of what the “The Giver” would be like, and although it ...

Gliomas are a type of cancer that start in the brain. They are different from cancers that begin elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain. “Gliomas almost never go outside of the brain,” Dr.

Grammy-winning singer and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge, 62, is looking back on her late dad’s support and how it led to her successful music career. Etheridge was diagnosed with breast ...

Sarah Ferguson, the 65-year-old Duchess of York and British author, describes being diagnosed with breast cancer and skin cancer just six months apart as “hard,” however, the resilient mom of two has ...