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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is by far the most common and most malignant of the glial tumors. Attention was recently drawn to this form of brain cancer when Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with glioblastoma and ultimately died from it. It is a deadly brain tumor. Of the estimated 17,000 primary brain tumors diagnosed in the United States each year, approximately 60% are gliomas. GBM is an aggressive malignant brain tumor that grows in the glial cells, affecting the Read more…
If you haven’t watched the short video clip above, please do so – I found this rather startling piece on YouTube this morning. It was taped on September 2, 2009. Cell phone use among children is a massive uncontrolled experiment on the brain. So says Devra Davis, PhD., award-winning scientist, writer and founder of Environmental Health Trust, a nonprofit devoted to researching and controlling avoidable environmental Read more…
malignant of the glial tumors. Attention was recently drawn to this form of brain cancer when Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with glioblastoma and ultimately died from it. It is a deadly brain tumor. Of the estimated 17,000 primary brain tumors diagnosed in the United States each year, approximately 60% are gliomas. GBM is an aggressive malignant brain tumor that grows in the glial cells, affecting the Read more…
