THE mother of a boy who was left in a vegetative state after a brainstem biopsy today tells us: “I watched my son die twice.” ...

SAN FRANCISCO. (KFSN) -- DIPG is the second most common brain tumor in kids. The diagnosis is tough to deliver. It is almost always the same-little boys and girls are given less than two years to live ...

In November 2006, Cincinnati residents Keith and Brooke Desserich learned their young daughter, Elena, had a rare and fatal brain tumor that had only been given a diagnosis name one or two years ...

New research published in Nature Communications provides insight on a potential treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG) which usually affects ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Owen Petrzelka was a typical 5-year-old boy, full of energy. "He was very rambunctious, he was very kind a bit of an old soul," said Owen's mother, Amanda Shaker. "Every night, it ...

It's called DIPG, and chances are, it's one of the worst cancers you've never heard of. And it's one that hits children. That's why DIPG Awareness Day — May 17 — has been created. It's also why a ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - The South Mississippi community is coming to terms with the loss of a beloved little girl. Sophia Myers, 7, of Ocean Springs died October 20, 2017 after battling Diffuse ...

State regulators have found no evidence to suggest pollutants are to blame for an elevated number of cases of a rare and deadly brain tumor in Ocean Springs children. The investigation, however, is ...

Lisa Ward's son Jace has been gone for a year. But his impact on the care of children with brain cancer continues. Lisa makes sure of that. Jace, of Wamego, Kansas, was 20 and a sophomore at Kansas ...

"He felt every emotion times 100. He was so joyous and excited," Robin Dodd, mom to five-year-old Bruce, said. It didn't take but a moment for anyone to recognize his spunk. At five years old, Bruce ...