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British TV Presenter Davina McCall Undergoes Brain Surgery After Discovering Rare Tumour
In a video message, McCall described that the tumour's discovery came as a shock to her.
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AIIMS Bhubaneswar Conducts Successful Rare Scalp Tumor Operation
The executive director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Ashutosh Biswas, said the patient had gone to several medical colleges and hospitals for treatment before finally reaching the Department of Plastic Surgery at the institute.
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Child With Rare Brain Cancer Experiences Significant Improvement After Treatment
Lucas and his family travelled from Belgium to France so that he could become one of the first patients to join the BIOMEDE trial, which tests potential new drugs for DIPG.
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Promising New Treatment Boosts Survival Rates In Pediatric Cancer
The approach targets neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells.
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Rare Skin Disease Left Him Isolated. Surgery Gave Him Back His Life
When Enrique Galvan was growing up in Paraguay, other children called him a monster. When he was a toddler, a rare genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis was diagnosed, and it caused benign tumors to form on his nerve tissue and create what appeared to be pieces of extra skin drooping from his head, neck and face. It wasn't until he was old enou...
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Toddler Needs Extremely Rare Blood To Beat Cancer; The World Is Helping Her Find It
Doctors said the tumor had been growing inside Zainab's abdomen for nearly half of her life. Fighting it would require two bone marrow transplants and a series of transfusions to replenish her blood supply as chemotherapy shrinks the tumor to nothing, doctors said.
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In A First, 14-Year-Old Boy Undergoes Robotic Surgery For Rare Tumour In Delhi
Doctors at a Delhi hospital have successfully removed a "tennis ball-sized tumour" from the abdomen of a 14-year-old boy using a keyhole robotic surgery, which they claimed was the first such operation for pediatric patients reported in the country.
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A Tumor Growing On Her Baby's Heart Forced This Pregnant Mom To Make A Terrifying Choice
Alysha Kellner was 23 weeks pregnant when she learned last year that her baby had a rare, fast-growing tumor on her heart that might require surgery while still inside the womb.
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Neuroendocrine Tumour: Irrfan Khan's Rare Disease Revealed, Know Causes, Symptoms And More About It
Neuroendocrine Tumour is the rare disease Bollywood actor, Irrfan Khan is suffering from. He had tweeted a couple of weeks back to inform his fans that he had been diagnosed with a rare disease, which had raised many speculations about what the disease really was.
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This Cancer Therapy Works In 75% Patients
This particular cancer treatment targets rare genetic mutations that exist in about 5,000 people in the United States instead of the tumor's location in the body and has shown success in three-quarters of patients.
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Teen Dying Of Cancer Has A Final Wish: To Marry His Childhood Sweetheart
For the past year and a half, the 19-year-old has been battling a rare form of cancer called synovial sarcoma - undergoing treatments to remove the tumors and keep them from coming back, only to watch them return and ravage his body.
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Gigantic Egg Shaped Cyst Removed From A Woman's Brain
In a rare and challenging brain surgery, doctors from Asian Institute of Medical sciences situated in Faridabad successfully removed an 'egg-shaped' foreign object from the brain of 41-year-old Shanti Devi.
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A Young Boy, A Devastating Brain Tumor And Parents Who 'Will Do Anything'
It was the most ordinary of family dinners, with pizza and cauliflower. Two exhausted parents sipped red wine. Two children giggled over silly jokes and squabbled over a stuffed animal named Baby Jaguar.
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Cellphone Radiation Study Raises Concerns Despite Low Risk
The NIH study bombarded rats with cellphone radiation from the womb through the first two years of life for nine hours a day.
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Suffering From Heart Tumour, This Man Got A Second Lease Of Life
A heart tumor is a rare phenomenon, but a 150 gm tumour has been removed successfully from the heart of 42-year-old Babulal Gupta. The operation was conducted at Delhi's Holy Family Hospital on April 14.
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British TV Presenter Davina McCall Undergoes Brain Surgery After Discovering Rare Tumour
In a video message, McCall described that the tumour's discovery came as a shock to her.
-
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Conducts Successful Rare Scalp Tumor Operation
The executive director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Ashutosh Biswas, said the patient had gone to several medical colleges and hospitals for treatment before finally reaching the Department of Plastic Surgery at the institute.
-
Child With Rare Brain Cancer Experiences Significant Improvement After Treatment
Lucas and his family travelled from Belgium to France so that he could become one of the first patients to join the BIOMEDE trial, which tests potential new drugs for DIPG.
-
Promising New Treatment Boosts Survival Rates In Pediatric Cancer
The approach targets neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells.
-
Rare Skin Disease Left Him Isolated. Surgery Gave Him Back His Life
When Enrique Galvan was growing up in Paraguay, other children called him a monster. When he was a toddler, a rare genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis was diagnosed, and it caused benign tumors to form on his nerve tissue and create what appeared to be pieces of extra skin drooping from his head, neck and face. It wasn't until he was old enou...
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Toddler Needs Extremely Rare Blood To Beat Cancer; The World Is Helping Her Find It
Doctors said the tumor had been growing inside Zainab's abdomen for nearly half of her life. Fighting it would require two bone marrow transplants and a series of transfusions to replenish her blood supply as chemotherapy shrinks the tumor to nothing, doctors said.
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In A First, 14-Year-Old Boy Undergoes Robotic Surgery For Rare Tumour In Delhi
Doctors at a Delhi hospital have successfully removed a "tennis ball-sized tumour" from the abdomen of a 14-year-old boy using a keyhole robotic surgery, which they claimed was the first such operation for pediatric patients reported in the country.
-
A Tumor Growing On Her Baby's Heart Forced This Pregnant Mom To Make A Terrifying Choice
Alysha Kellner was 23 weeks pregnant when she learned last year that her baby had a rare, fast-growing tumor on her heart that might require surgery while still inside the womb.
-
Neuroendocrine Tumour: Irrfan Khan's Rare Disease Revealed, Know Causes, Symptoms And More About It
Neuroendocrine Tumour is the rare disease Bollywood actor, Irrfan Khan is suffering from. He had tweeted a couple of weeks back to inform his fans that he had been diagnosed with a rare disease, which had raised many speculations about what the disease really was.
-
This Cancer Therapy Works In 75% Patients
This particular cancer treatment targets rare genetic mutations that exist in about 5,000 people in the United States instead of the tumor's location in the body and has shown success in three-quarters of patients.
-
Teen Dying Of Cancer Has A Final Wish: To Marry His Childhood Sweetheart
For the past year and a half, the 19-year-old has been battling a rare form of cancer called synovial sarcoma - undergoing treatments to remove the tumors and keep them from coming back, only to watch them return and ravage his body.
-
Gigantic Egg Shaped Cyst Removed From A Woman's Brain
In a rare and challenging brain surgery, doctors from Asian Institute of Medical sciences situated in Faridabad successfully removed an 'egg-shaped' foreign object from the brain of 41-year-old Shanti Devi.
-
A Young Boy, A Devastating Brain Tumor And Parents Who 'Will Do Anything'
It was the most ordinary of family dinners, with pizza and cauliflower. Two exhausted parents sipped red wine. Two children giggled over silly jokes and squabbled over a stuffed animal named Baby Jaguar.
-
Cellphone Radiation Study Raises Concerns Despite Low Risk
The NIH study bombarded rats with cellphone radiation from the womb through the first two years of life for nine hours a day.
-
Suffering From Heart Tumour, This Man Got A Second Lease Of Life
A heart tumor is a rare phenomenon, but a 150 gm tumour has been removed successfully from the heart of 42-year-old Babulal Gupta. The operation was conducted at Delhi's Holy Family Hospital on April 14.
