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“In a groundbreaking 13-year study, Pacific Neuroscience Institute neurosurgical and otolaryngology surgical teams demon...
11/26/2022

“In a groundbreaking 13-year study, Pacific Neuroscience Institute neurosurgical and otolaryngology surgical teams demonstrated outstanding outcomes with minimally invasive keyhole surgery for the most common primary brain tumor, in the largest such keyhole cohort published to date.”

Surgeons demonstrate outstanding outcomes with minimally invasive keyhole surgery for meningioma brain tumors, in groundbreaking 13-year study

“I had been experiencing troubling symptoms for several months, such as headaches and dizziness, but they were attribute...
11/26/2022

“I had been experiencing troubling symptoms for several months, such as headaches and dizziness, but they were attributed to overwork and perimenopause.”

How I Ended My Toxic Relationship with a Meningioma! I received a diagnosis of a brain tumour in August 2021. […]

“Two separate but complementary studies have found a new way to classify meningioma, a type of tumor that forms in the o...
07/05/2022

“Two separate but complementary studies have found a new way to classify meningioma, a type of tumor that forms in the outer covering of the brain. The new grouping system may help predict whether a patient’s tumor will grow back (recur) after treatment. It also has the potential to reveal what’s causing tumor growth and identify treatment ideas, according to the scientists who led the studies.

The standard way of classifying meningioma is based on the appearance of the tumor cells under a microscope. But the new approach focuses on molecular changes inside the tumor cells. More specifically, both studies looked at chemical marks on DNA—what’s known as DNA methylation. DNA methylation is a type of epigenetic change that fine-tunes gene activity.”

The new grouping system for meningioma may help predict whether a patient’s tumor will grow back after treatment and identify new treatments.

A doctor writes about her diagnosis, surgery and recovery from a meningioma. “My experience also led me to become a neur...
01/13/2022

A doctor writes about her diagnosis, surgery and recovery from a meningioma.

“My experience also led me to become a neuro-oncologist. I decided to go into a field of medicine in which I could relate with my patients on a deeper level. When a patient comes to me with similar symptoms or a brain tumor diagnosis, I am able to empathize with them because of what I experienced during my journey. I never want a patient to feel as though they are being brushed off as I had been when I began looking for answers.”

Follow Dr. Braun's journey from finding out she had a Meningioma brain tumor to her recovery process... and then becoming a Neuro-Oncologist!

“Falling down the stairs saved my life.”
01/01/2022

“Falling down the stairs saved my life.”

When Peter fell down stairs and hit his head, he didn’t expect it to save his life. An imaging study revealed a skull base meningioma — a benign tumor of the...

“I wasn’t processing conversation. I would have a conversation, would hear what the person was saying, but not understan...
12/31/2021

“I wasn’t processing conversation. I would have a conversation, would hear what the person was saying, but not understand what they were saying. That was the point when I knew I had to do something. At the time, I dating a girl, and she saw how my personality was changing due to this tumor in my head, and she said, “We are going to the hospital” and I said no. She got six inches from my face and said again, “We are going to the hospital” and that was really the last thing that I remember. I’m glad there was someone in my life at that time that made me do what I needed to do.”

Q: Can you give me a summary of your diagnosis and treatment plan? A: Years ago, my first diagnosis Continue reading

“When compared by age, the study showed that minimally invasive surgery resulted in excellent outcomes in people ages 65...
06/27/2021

“When compared by age, the study showed that minimally invasive surgery resulted in excellent outcomes in people ages 65 and older when the patients were carefully selected. The rate of successful removal of the tumor was similar for minimally invasive surgery and conventional surgery. Overall, hospital readmission was necessary in only 4% of the patients 65 and up.

“The study is important because meningiomas are the most common type of primary brain tumor, and half occur in people who are 65 and older.”

Neurosurgeons at Pacific Neuroscience Institute are among the world’s leaders in the minimally invasive removal of a type of benign brain tumor called a

“At her daughter’s 12th birthday party at an ice skating rink, 45-year-old Betsy Alberts was looking after her daughter ...
06/15/2021

“At her daughter’s 12th birthday party at an ice skating rink, 45-year-old Betsy Alberts was looking after her daughter and her friends as they enjoyed maneuvering on the ice. All seemed normal, until Betsy observed an aura that she had never previously experienced. Simultaneously, she lost her ability to hear, and the world around her seemed to move in slow motion.”

Betsy Alberts suffered from a large meningioma. Learn more about her procedure and experience at UPMC.

“She was diagnosed with meningioma, the same type of tumor her husband had. To give you an idea of how unusual this was,...
02/26/2021

“She was diagnosed with meningioma, the same type of tumor her husband had. To give you an idea of how unusual this was, the doctor had never experienced a husband and wife both developing one.”

This started out as a piece about the rare instance of a married couple each developing the same type of brain tumor — two decades apart. Eventually, I realized it

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