Items Tagged ‘brain tumor’
August 9, 2019
After Setback, Kaidra’s Cancer Journey Continues With Family, Friends and Mayo Clinic by Her Side
Kaidra Froelich was terrified by the brain cancer diagnosis that brought her to Mayo Clinic. But her expert surgical team got rid of the tumor. Then the disease came back. Now Kaidra and her Mayo team are determined to beat the cancer a second time as her family and friends rally around her.
Tags: brain tumor, Dr. Giuseppe Lanzino, Dr. Megan Kaszuba, Dr. Michael Ruff, Neuro-oncology, Proton Beam Therapy
February 28, 2018
Light at the End of the Tunnel After Proton Beam Therapy
Intensive treatment for brain cancer has given Nicholas Sloan the opportunity to continue exploring and enjoying life’s adventures.
Tags: brain tumor, Dr. Alyx Porter, Dr. Bernard Bendok, Dr. Maciej Mrugala, Dr. Terence Sio, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Proton Beam Therapy
July 21, 2017
Second Opinion at Mayo Clinic Changes a Nurse’s Destiny
Distressed by the news that she had an inoperable brain tumor, Jessica Kenser sought a second opinion and received life-altering treatment from Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons.
Tags: brain tumor, Dr. Brian O'Neill, Dr. Terry Burns, Neuro-oncology, Neurology and Neurosurgery
May 1, 2017
Wife, Mother and Nurse Gains a New Title — Brain Cancer Survivor
A Mayo Clinic oncology nurse, Nicole Barlanti knew how tough cancer could be. What she didn’t know was that she’d have to face it firsthand, while she was still in her 20s. Here’s Nicole’s story, in her own words.
Tags: brain tumor, Dr. Ron Reimer, glioblastoma, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Nicole Barlanti
December 10, 2016
Successful Brain Cancer Surgery Puts Sunshine Back in a Young Mom’s World
When Tyson Cluever, a 32-year-old mother of two from Benson, Minnesota, learned that she had an aggressive brain cancer, her first thought was of her children. At just nine months and five years old, her sons stood to lose one of the most important people in their lives if she were to share the fate […]
Tags: awake brain surgery, brain tumor, Dr. Ian Parney, glioblastoma, neurologic surgery
September 10, 2016
Persevering Through Brain Cancer, Travis McGinnis Remains Upbeat and Optimistic
Travis McGinnis was just 30 years old when an insidious cancer was discovered in his brain. It had been growing there for some time, he says — his physicians estimated between five and 10 years. Had the stage-three oligoastrocytoma not been detected when it was, Travis would have likely lost his life. As it happened, […]
Tags: brain tumor, Glioma, Hope Lodge, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, oligoastrocytoma, radiation therapy
July 23, 2016
‘All We Want Is for Evie to Reach 100 Percent of Her Potential’
The night before 8-year-old Evie McLeish’s brain surgery, her Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon David Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., told her parents, “I don’t want you to think of this as the end. This is just the beginning of a marathon.” The procedure was the start of Evie’s long-term care plan for treatment of a brain tumor. Along […]
Tags: brain tumor, Dr. David Daniels, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Medullablastoma, Proton Beam Therapy
February 27, 2015
Perfume Maker Gets Her Sense of Smell Back
Kim Spadaro tells stories through scent. She travels the world capturing unique olfactory experiences and bottling them for others to share. “My experience [in these places] is really what turns it into a fragrance,” she says. “I can tell you how something smells in a story.” That, of course, requires a keen sense of smell. […]
Tags: brain tumor, Dr. Robert Wharen, Neurosurgery
February 18, 2015
Faith and Mayo Clinic Help Cancer Survivor Overcome Multiple Health Battles
By Paul Scotti 
When 53-year-old Donald Jones of Ponte Vedra, Florida, found out he had lung cancer, the former smoker accepted it as a challenge that he was prepared to fight and win. Little did he know the other serious health issues that lay ahead, which would create serious new challenges for him over the next year. An […]
Tags: brain tumor, Cancer, Florida Campus, lung cancer
December 12, 2014
From ‘Pick a Plot’ to Watching His Son Graduate
Read time: 4 minutes Written by Ron Christian “Pick a plot and get your papers in order, you’ll be dead in a month.” That’s what the local neurosurgeon said. Those words served as my wake-up call. While my wife wept, I became angry. We had three very young children, and I was determined to see […]
Tags: brain tumor, Cancer, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Neurology & Neurosurgery