News, Mary Tyler Moore, Gupta: Waiting out a meningioma. (tumors, surgery, time)

[JD59]

All the news about one of my favorite actresses, Mary Tyler Moore, reminded me of the first time I saw a patient with a meningioma. It was 1995. I was a junior neurosurgery resident, and my professor introduced me to a 69-year-old, perfectly healthy appearing woman.



Gupta: Waiting out a meningioma – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

[tvdxer]

Excellent article. Sometimes the "watch and wait" option is feasible for suspected low-grade gliomas, which are brain tumors arising from the glial cells that usually transform into more aggressive tumors but in most cases after a long time.