[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="66662" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]When Jerry Bartlett first met Jill in 1997, she was five years beyond a successful surgery that removed a glioblastoma — an aggressive form of brain cancer. By the time they married in 1998 and welcomed their daughter two years...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="64614" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]In 1994, Steve Mathews was a picture of strength: an accomplished athlete, Empire State Games medalist, and loving husband and father. When he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and devastating forms of brain cancer, the prognosis...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=""] The Headaches That Changed Everything In June 2001, Jodi Novak was living a normal, healthy life when severe migraines started disrupting her days. She instinctively knew something wasn’t right. Despite initial skepticism from her doctor, Jodi insisted on an MRI, suspecting that her headaches...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Approximately 15,000 Americans will be diagnosed with glioblastoma this year. Although considered a rare cancer, doctors are seeing an increase in cases of the aggressive and deadly brain cancer that’s notoriously hard to treat. A local organization that’s helping enroll brain cancer patients in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="49165" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) CEO Sujuan Ba and Scientific Board Chairman Web Cavenee joined NBC4 Washington’s Doreen Gentzler to talk about the passing of beloved journalist Wendy Rieger. Rieger passed on Saturday, April 16, 2022, after a battle...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Glioblastoma multiforme—also known as GBM—is the most lethal form of brain cancer in adults. This devastating brain cancer spreads into other parts of the brain very quickly and is usually not surgically curable. Typically, radiation and chemotherapy are given with the hopes of delaying...
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