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Showing posts with label brain cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brain cancer. Show all posts
Friday, November 3, 2017
Friday, July 28, 2017
My Late Husband Had the Same Cancer as John McCain, and Health Insurance Was a Godsend
Aaron was 32 when they found it. Or, as the doctors said, when the tumor “presented itself,” pushing into his brain until it triggered a seizure at work, his body crumpling to the floor of his cubicle, his coworkers watching in horror. They didn't know that their carefree jokester of a colleague was being temporarily hijacked by a stage IV glioblastoma brain tumor.
Google glioblastoma at your own risk—it’ll just make you sad. But if it sounds familiar, that may be because on July 19, Senator John McCain's office announced that he, too, has a glioblastoma. It was discovered when he was in surgery to remove a blood clot, and he and his family are now "reviewing further treatment options," the statement says.
Glioblastoma is a particularly insidious cancer, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle
Xeni Jardin is an editor and founding partner at BoingBoing.net. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely hers.
(CNN)When news of Senator John McCain's brain cancer diagnosis hit the internet, I thought it was beautiful to see so many well-wishers tweet to him with messages of support.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
5 questions about the brain cancer diagnosed in Sen. John McCain
Glioblastoma, the cancer with which Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been diagnosed, is a highly lethal malignancy that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Beau Biden, the son of former vice president Joseph Biden. Here is what you need to know:
What is glioblastoma?
Glioblastoma is an aggressive cancer that is the most common of all malignant brain tumors. About 12,400 new cases are expected in 2017, according to the American Brain Tumor Association. A glioblastoma is, by definition, a grade IV astrocytoma, a kind of tumor that arises from the star-shaped cells that make up the supportive tissue of the brain, according to the association.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Inside the 21st Century Cures Act - Cancer Today
Legislation brings high hopes for cancer research.By Stephen Ornes
When Beau Biden died from brain cancer in May 2015, his father, then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, turned grief into action. He spent his last year in office helping to develop the Cancer Moonshot, a U.S. government initiative designed to accelerate the pace of cancer drug development.
In December 2016, the Cancer Moonshot became law as part of the 21st Century Cures Act. The law authorizes $6.3 billion to be spent over 10 years on research into treatments and patient care for a variety of diseases. Through the Moonshot, 28.6 percent of the total amount, or $1.8 billion, will go to research focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, including cancer vaccines and immunotherapies.
Nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer and more than 600,000 will die of the disease in 2017, according to American Cancer Society estimates. Kim Thiboldeaux, CEO of the Cancer Support Community, based in Washington, D.C., is one of the advocates who have commended the new law for drawing attention to cancer patients. Thiboldeaux calls the Cures Act a “win for patients, future and current.”
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