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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A randomized study has produced some hopeful news for colorectal cancer survivors with an unlikely suspect: the commonly used over-the-counter aspirin. “Patients with treated, PI3K-mutated early ...

Radiation therapy is a routinely used cancer treatment that utilizes X-rays or high-energy beams to damage cancerous cells and destroy their ability to grow or divide by obliterating their genetic ...

Autologous stem cell transplantation has been an important treatment intervention in multiple myeloma since the 1980s. The main risks of a stem cell transplant are the toxicities of chemotherapy.