by David M. Panchision, Ph.D., Investigator, Center for Neuroscience Research, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors are one of the most prevalent forms of cancer in the U.S. and are the leading cause of cancer deaths in children (1-3). Current therapies can affect all cells, as with radiation, or highly …
Monday, September 15, 2008 marked the 10th anniversary of the annual Kyle’s Heroes Golf Tournament, held at Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune, NJ. Each and every September for 10 years the number of golfers increases. The wonderful volunteers who organize the event are members of the Kyle’s Heroes family, some by blood, some by …
Ichiro Nakano, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Instructor / Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 2008 Despite the dramatic improvements in the outcome of other childhood cancers in the last decades, brain tumors remain the leading cause of death in the pediatric oncology. Malignant brain tumors are composed …
I had recently turned sixteen. This was an exciting milestone for me. Getting keys to a car and being able to drive to and from school was a huge responsibility but one I had eagerly awaited. I was a cheerleader, tennis player, swimmer, involved in youth in government, student government, and piano. I was doing …
Written by Jeanne Young, President, CBTF-MD Excerpts taken from notes and the Neuro-Oncology, Vol. 11, Issue 3, June 2008 Reviewed by Debbie Lafond, Children’s National Medical Center, RN, RNCS, PNP, CPON The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation was proud to be a Silver Sponsor of the 13th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), held at the …
Michael Cooper Funded 2008 Pilocytic astrocytoma is commonly viewed as a benign lesion with an excellent 10-year survival rate. However, disease onset is most prevalent in the first two decades of life, current therapeutic modalities are often limited by tumor location and size and late recurrences are not uncommon. Thus, as many children are left …
Can you guess the year? “Ordinary People” won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, and “Call Me” by Blondie topped the Billboard Top 40 charts. And that same year I was diagnosed and treated for a benign pituitary tumor. It all started during …
Our Mason was a fighter, a superhero, an artist, a soccer player, a baseball player and a cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with disseminated large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma in July 2006. His only original symptoms were four days of vomiting. Our lives changed that July day dramatically and we worked together to provide him with …
by Caitlyn Witte Christmas Day of the year 2006, was approaching, and the excitement that always lingers prior to December 25, was surging through my every vein. We had already picked out a towering Christmas tree that filled the house with that pine tree scent commonly associated with the holiday. In my ideal world, I …
