THE Milton Marks Neuro-Oncology Family Camp (MMFC) is an annual weekend camp retreat, providing respite and community for families with children, where one parent has a malignant brain tumor. The weekend retreat provides a chance for a family to have fun…
CLINICIANS have long been challenged by the treatment of malignant childhood brain tumours. Many of these diseases are only seen three to four times a year even in the busiest of brain tumour centres in the world which deal with over one hundred children with brain tumours annually.
This tale would make for a great comic, but like The Incredible Hulk, it would be a sort of simple superhero fantasy: the reality has been far more complex. Every step forward has been an incredible fight, one often not visible, even to my closest friends, and certainly not my colleagues.
In October, 2015 (Canada’s Brain Tumour Awareness Month), the Patient and Family Advisory Council of the British Columbia Cancer Agency chose to raise awareness about brain tumours while celebrating the talents and creativity of the brain…
Although treatment with surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy does not yet result in cure, prolonged survival can be achieved in glioma patients. The incurable nature of this disease has resulted in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) becoming….
When 18-year-old Anna Mott was diagnosed with a rare pineoblastoma brain tumor, the ballerina thought she had lost everything. The tumor left Anna blind and unable to walk. But thanks to her incredible determination, and the love and support of her family, Anna is now dancing again, joyfully and courageously.
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