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Oligodendroglioma in 10 year old
My 10 year old son Alex, has been diagnosed as having an oligodendroglioma originating from his hypothalamus this week. The biopsy has narrowed things down but now there is a recommendation of a partial resection and chemo by his medical team since total resection would be impossible due to the location of the tumor. I…
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Neuroblastoma
Why is Neuroblastoma such a common cancer for children ages newborn to seven?
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interesting childhood cancer suvivor 'marriage' facts :)
Approximately 270,000 of the 10 million cancer survivors alive in the U.S. were diagnosed and treated before they were old enough to buy themselves a drink, according to the National Cancer Institute. Thanks to scientific advances, as many as 80 percent of children treated for cancer go on to live full lives, but the…
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PNET tumors
Hi, my daughter who will turn 2 on 5th June was diagnosed woth a PNET medulloblastoma tumor in her right frontal lobe on Jan 27th..man what a knockout punch that was... i have 3 older children from 13 - 8 all healthy, how could this happen and man oh man she is the smartest child and am constantly been told that now, so…
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I would like to talk to other parents of children with Rhabdo Myo Sarcoma (Emryonal)
Hi, I am new here to this site. Is there anyone out there who is in a similar situation re you child has Rhabdo? My son is in week 13 of an intensive protocol. I would like to hear from anyone who knows about this topic!Our protocol runs for 54 weeks and we are doing well so far. We are in Australia. I think I just need to…
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my scars
hello there!! i am a 16 year cancer survivor, i was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at the age of 11 months. after countless surgeries i have multiple scars, and they arent just little scars either. :( my scars from all my surgeries have been seriously bothering me lately. i get like sharp pains and they get itchy an…