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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382302) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Mar 25

Thirty years ago, our niece had a baby boy. He was a very happy child but at the age of five, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and died three years later. When he was first diagnosed, he had a younger sister followed by...

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I'm on my own for a couple of days

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382302) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun 22

I am on my own for two nights. Vince left early this morning to meet up with his brother. They’ll be heading for Norseman which is seven to eight hours driving without stops. His brother’s grandson is riding a pushbike from Perth...

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Update on the boy ordered to have chemotherapy for a brain tumour

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382302) • Rockingham, Australia 16 May 16

I wrote some time ago about six-year-old Oshin Kiszko and said I'd keep you updated. Oshin has medulloblastoma (brain tumour) and his parents' wish for palliative care was over-ruled by a judge who ordered he undergo chemotherapy...

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Some decisions are almost too hard

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382302) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Apr 16

The main story on Western Australia's news site was about a judge ruling that a six-year-old boy with a malignant brain tumour must have chemo-therapy despite his parents' objections. A doctor took legal action against the...

side effects of treatment

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help with brain tumour

benny128 @benny128 (3615) 13 Feb 09

basically one of my family members was diagnosed with a brain tumour and secondary lung tumours, it was at the point where he was getting very forgetful and confused. He has had surgery and is still very confused and forgetful...

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Cancer Immunoresistance Linked To Loss Of Tumor Suppressor Gene

anchanvinay5 @anchanvinay5 (198) • India 20 Dec 06

Cancer immunoresistance may be partially due to loss of a well-known tumor suppressor gene, according to new research led by Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of California,...

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Number Of Siblings Predicts Risk Of Brain Tumors

anchanvinay5 @anchanvinay5 (198) • India 20 Dec 06

How many brothers and sisters you have, especially younger ones, could predict your chances of developing a brain tumor, according to a study published in the December 12, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the...

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Researchers Identify Genes That Allow Brain Cancer-causing Stem Cells To Resist

anchanvinay5 @anchanvinay5 (198) • India 20 Dec 06

While great interest has followed the discovery of neural stem cells and their potential for someday treating diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord, recent research identified "cancer stem cells," a small population...

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is mobiles injurious to human

nivash @nivash (238) • India 5 Oct 06

say me weather theusage of mobile is unhealthy to our human brain

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