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News items on 'Brain Tumour'
Ceramic implant inserted in skull
(BBC 18/11/2009)
A police officer is thought to be the first person in the UK to have part of her skull replaced with a ceramic implant. Pc Linda Butt, 45, underwent surgery after she was diagnosed with five brain tumours and surgeons had to cut away part of her skull to get to them. The £5,000 ceramic plate will in time knit together with the remaining bone. The operation was carried out by consultant neurosurgeon Tony Belli at Southampton General Hospital.
Mobile phone users face new cancer alert
(The Scotsman 25/10/2009)
THE long-term use of mobile phones may be linked to some forms of cancer, according to a landmark international study. A decade-long investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to publish evidence showing that heavy users are at greater risk of developing brain tumours later in life. Such a conclusion contradicts assurances from the UK government that mobiles are safe, and is likely to prompt calls for stronger guidance.
Brave six-year-old inspires playwright
(The Scotsman 01/10/2009)
Becky Miller, from Addiewell, in West Lothian was diagnosed with having four brain tumours when she was aged just 21 months. When diagnosed, the tumours were actually bigger than her brain and sat on top of the optic nerves behind her eyes, leaving her with just ten per cent eyesight in one eye. Two tumours have been removed but two remain and doctors told Becky's heartbroken parents Glen Miller, 25, and Claire Thomson, 25, the longest she will survive is ten years
(Daily Express 22/09/2009)
The procedure works by fixing a light aluminium frame to the head with four screws. An MRI scan then locates the exact position of the tumour. The frame, which is seen on the MRI image, allows doctors to plot exactly where the radiation needs to go. It is directed in very narrow rays which allows pinpoint precision of up to 1mm and ensures none of the surrounding healthy tissue is damaged during the process.
NHS to get specialist cancer unit
(BBC 18/08/2009)
Campaigners are welcoming a new move to invest in specialist cancer care for brain and spinal cord tumours. Ministers in England will later invite hospitals to bid to become the first national centre for proton therapy. The treatment uses radiation to pinpoint cancerous cells without significantly damaging nearby tissue. There is already one unit in England, but it only treats the less complex eye cancers, forcing many patients to go abroad and fund the care themselves.
Tumour op gives Owen chance of normal life
(The Scotsman 17/08/2009)
A TEENAGER who once suffered up to 30 seizures a day has had his life transformed after a pioneering operation. Owen Robertson, 15, who was kept off school for years because of his medical condition, is finally embarking on a normal life as a teenager. After a five-year battle with a brain tumour, which began when he had an unexplained seizure at the age often, surgeons at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital cracked the problem in May, in a procedure that's only carried out five times a year.
(BBC 18/07/2009)
Last year doctors discovered she had a grade-three brain tumour. But today, after surgery to remove 95% of the tumour, she is much recovered and her symptoms easing. It was a chance accident that led to the tumour being spotted after a blow to the head during a sailing accident. "I was sailing a little dinghy and I got hit by the boom and had concussion symptoms for a couple of days and then had a fit," she said.
Alan takes plunge for Sick Kids
(The Scotsman 19/06/2009)
HIS parents said goodbye to him for what they thought would be the last time when he was only five. Alan Macrae was about to go in for complex emergency surgery on a brain tumour, and his family were told to prepare for the worst. But 18 years on, he is an intelligent young man, living in his own flat and holding down a job, despite a lifetime of treatment and disadvantage. He is so thankful to the Sick Kids Hospital for saving his life he still goes there for check-ups.
Way to stop cancers seed in brain
(BBC 10/06/2009)
Scientists believe they have found a potential way to stop cancers spreading to the brain and becoming essentially terminal. A UK team discovered cancer cells hijack the brain's blood vessels to get all the nourishment they need to seed themselves there. Key to this is a protein on the surface of cancer cells called integrin which allows them to stick to the vessels. Drugs that block integrin may stop cancer spread PLoS ONE journal reports.
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