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Touching story... I almost cried and I haven't cried in a LONG time. Wish I could do something for the kid... what about proton therapy if surgery is not possible?

fruit_loops is dead

They brought together an impressive team of specialists to operate on him, but January 5th he went into a convulsive seizure lasting 40 minutes. TOD 11:11pm

moment of silence

Oh man. Poor kid. :(

For those previously asking about gamma knife:

http://www.mc.uky.edu/gammaknife/gamma.htm

there are tons of them around.
Its really not that necessary these days- linacs can do the same thing (and more). But people hear the term and think its sexy. good PR> GK is actually rather old and to be honest, not a good use of money these days. MOdify your linac and invest in something better.

I didnt think meningiomas were that life-threatening?

edit: i guess size would play a big part in that.

Originally posted by Idiopathic
I didnt think meningiomas were that life-threatening?

edit: i guess size would play a big part in that.

You're right. Depends on size and location. My dad had a meningioma. It would have grown into the vasculature had they not removed it.

there are malignant meningiomas. Thankfully not common. Also, multiple Meningiomas are a problem. Without knowing for sure I suspect this boy was an NF syndrome kid.
steph

I agree with Steph. Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery can do as well or even a better job, especially with a micro-multileaf collimator (and perform conformal treatments -whereas GK can't do it). The good thing about GK is it's a dedicated system for CNS. The linac system takes time to set-up, etc...