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View Post: Childhood Brain Tumors Survivors Left with Life-long Impairments ...
4 Nov 2009 by Ramona Bates MD  
Cancers of the central nervous system (CNS) are the most common solid malignancies in childhood. Approximately 2200 children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with a brain tumor each year. Currently, more than half of ...
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View Post: Late Effects of Therapy for Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors ...
19 Oct 2009 by Turner, CD, Rey-Casserly, C., Liptak, CC,...  
The late effects experienced by childhood brain tumor survivors involve multiple domains. This article will review the significant late effects that occur within the medical, neurocognitive, psychosocial, and economic domains of the ...
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View Post: Childhood Brain Tumors have long lasting mark on Survivors
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2 Nov 2009 by Assam News   ...
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View Post: Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems
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2 Nov 2009 by hernews   ...
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View Post: Phoenix Ride For Kids Raised ,913 For Pediatric Brain Tumor ...
14 Oct 2009
The national Ride for Kids® program and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) promote childhood brain tumor research and provide family support through free literature about brain tumors, educational newsletters, ...
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View Post: The Michigan Herr's Update: Happy Thanksgiving!!!
9 hours ago by michigan_herrs  
I think it was within a week of Kev's surgery to remove the tumor in his cerebellum something deep inside of me became free. I took control of Kev's treatment and finding care. I found I was smart enough to learn quickly what I needed to ... When everyone left after the first couple of days of Kevin being admitted to St. Jude I felt so alone and scared as I tried to care for a newborn and a child with cancer. Kevin had his brain radiated each weekday at the hospital then ...
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View Post: President of Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation dies - Ashvegas ...
15 Sep 2009 by Ash  
About the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF), a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Asheville, N.C., is the world's largest non-governmental funder of childhood brain tumor research. ...
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View Post: Neurosurgery Resident's Book Helps Ease Youths' Fears About Brain ...
12 Nov 2009
She wrote and illustrated the tale — which features a young bear as its title character — while she was a medical student as a way to ease the fears of young children about to undergo brain tumor surgery. About a year ago, "Parker's Brain ... To help them, she created an original story about a little bear called "Snuggles" — named after a stuffed animal that was her own childhood companion — and the "brain storm" that tumors cause. As Dr. Dogg explains in her story, ...
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View Post: Childhood scents get 'etched' onto the brain
5 Nov 2009 by Ani  
October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Physical activity during adolescence may help guard against a deadly form of brain tumor in adulthood, says a new study. Although very less is known about the causes of glioma, researchers at the National ...
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