When she was a toddler, Topete lost her mother to leukemia. Fourteen years later, her half-sister, 3, was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, a type of cancer that affects kidneys. The girl survived.

He’s being home schooled to complete his senior year of high school and plans to attend college to study technology.

The stage indicates how far the cancer has spread. Each stage has three potential classifications: T refers to the size of the tumor. A small tumor is T1 and a large tumor is T4. N refers to ...

Adlee Frampton, age 3, was selected through the Make-A-Wish Foundation as the Grand Marshal for the 2024 Holiday Electric ...

Additionally, laboratory tests, including tumor markers (α-fetoprotein and β-human chorionic gonadotropin), were all within normal ranges. Further evaluation was conducted through urine gas ...

Doctors diagnosed Jett with a Wilm’s Tumor or nephroblastoma ... "There could have been another type of kidney cancer, but it was Wilms, which is the higher treatable one.

With cancer, progressive disease is defined as at least a 20% growth in the size of the tumor or spread of the cancer since the beginning of treatment. You may also be told you have progressive ...

The scientists also observed that the composition of cells in the tumor changes, further shifting the gliomas into a fast-growth mode. Their results underscore the importance of early detection ...