Father thankful to fulfill Masters dream with son

...Thompson once feared his son's brain tumor would dash his dream of a father-son...nearly three-year battle with the brain tumor."I thought I'd never get to...Christopher was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor in July 2011. After an emergency...

Mother wants brighter Christmas for girl with brain tumor

An Augusta mother had to quit her job to take care of a young daughter with a brain tumor and would now like some help to make her Christmas brighter."She's unable to go to school because we're at the hospital...

Lincolnton couple hoping to renew vows facing mounting challenges

...having a reaction to a medication. It turned out to be a brain tumor that after radiation therapy became small and fairly...University in April confirming that it was an aggressive brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme.Eli was started on chemotherapy...

Efforts under way to help Columbia County brain tumor patients

...glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM, is the most common malignant brain tumor, it's also rare: Just two or three cases occur per...but it does happen to be the most common type of (brain) tumor that we encounter as neurosurgeons and neurologists...

Battle with brain tumor inspired officer

...edge of the badge and looked up at a man no one expected her ever to see -- her father, Dennis. Diagnosed with a brain tumor nearly five years ago, Mr. Bedichek not only survived but on Thursday also graduated from the Central Savannah River...

Demsey earns another shot after brain tumor

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. --- After a 10-year absence and two surgeries who remove a brain tumor the size of a golf ball, Todd Demsey finally made it back to the PGA Tour on Monday with perhaps the most significant round of...

Masters champion has brain tumor

...challenge" of his life Sunday after learning he has a brain tumor. A five-time major winner, including the Masters...out on me in the La Paz Hospital they have detected a brain tumor," Ballesteros said in a statement released by the Madrid...

Prize-winning author details fight with brain tumor in new book

...predicted. Mr. Smith, 45, an Aiken resident and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 1987. Although it initially appeared benign, the tumor grew aggressively. Doctors at two national medical centers...

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Sense of humor helps man after brain tumor diagnosis

Tim McNeill's attitude toward his brain tumor can be summed up in his cell phone's ringtone: Don't...Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common form of brain tumor, accounting for 12 percent to 15 percent of them, and...

Harlem kicks off county's graduation weekend

...his valedictory address.Long's presence on the podium should have been inspiring enough. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in sixth grade and has had multiple surgeries from that time on, with all of the tumor being removed just this past...