When Ben Gadot’s brain tumor symptoms began in 2013, he was just 3 months old. The first sign was a visual change in his eyes.
“It was as if he was always looking down,” says Cecilia Gadot, Ben’s mom. “We could see mostly just the white part of his eyes.”
ER trip reveals childhood brain tumor
When Cecilia and her husband, Raphael, took Ben to their pediatrician, they were referred to an ophthalmologist...
When I was 16 and undergoing treatment for a type of brain cancer called medulloblastoma, one of the best pieces of advice I got was from...
My stepson Roberto Saenz was heading to junior prom in 2009 when his brain tumor symptoms began. As he rode in the limo, he started to...
When 5-year old Kloe Ponce started having severe headaches and experiencing sensitivity to bright lights and sounds, her family never suspected it was a childhood brain tumor.
Kloe's mom sought answers during visits to urgent care centers and hospital emergency rooms near her home in Corpus Christi, Texas. “We knew something was wrong, but we followed recommendations to change her diet, increase her fluid intake and even monitor...
Before I was diagnosed with cancer in June 1998, I wanted to be a princess, a teacher or a veterinarian.
Instead, I became a registered...
My first thought after being diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 26 was fear. Would I die? Would the things I worked for no longer be possible...
San Antonio resident Tony Castro was only seven years old when he started showing the first signs of a childhood brain tumor.
He began...
Rodney Quindoy had only been working at MD Anderson for about five months when our mission to end cancer became personal.
On New Year...
A lot has changed since Ana-Kate Partridge was the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center’s first pediatric patient 10 years ago. In the past decade...
Finishing cancer treatment can be a momentous occasion – one that calls for celebrating in ways both big and small. But there’s no right way...