A Los Angeles filmmaker, Grace Wether, was given six months to live by doctors. She was only 13. Ten years later, however, ...

Grace Wethor was 13 when she learned of the massive tumor pressing on her brain. Given half a year to live, it has been 10 ...

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a rare, high-grade, aggressive tumor of the brainstem that predominately occurs in children, generally between age 5 to 10 years. 1 The prognosis for ...

Gliomas are named based on the specific type of glioma, or brain cell, affected. According to the American Cancer Society, there are three types of gliomas, including astrocytomas ...

Brain stem glioma, officially called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), is rare and lethal, diagnosed in just 300 children annually in the United States, and 100 in France, where Dr. Grill ...

Lucas, a Belgian bo is the first child to survive brainstem glioma, an aggressive brain tumour. Initially given a grim prognosis, he was cured after seven years. Brainstem gliomas, which affect ...

The Belgian boy is the first child in the world to have been cured of brainstem glioma, a particularly brutal cancer, according to the researchers who treated him. “Lucas beat all the odds" to survive ...

Brain stem gliomas are growths that begin in the glial cells of the brain stem. Doctors can diagnose brain stem glioma using neurological exams and scans. Treatment may involve chemotherapy ...

Introduction. Brainstem gliomas are a set of gliomas originating from the midbrain, pontine, and medulla, which account for 10%–20% and 2%–4% of all intracranial tumors in children and adults, ...

The brain stem, located deep in the back of the brain, is made up of three parts: the midbrain, pons, and medulla. These parts coordinate the brain's messages. They also control many of the body's ...