Gita Kwatra, PharmD, MBA, co-founder and CEO of the Glioblastoma Foundation, explains what happens to tumor tissue after brain surgery and how patients can ask their care team for genomic testing.
|Videos|January 5, 2017
Miracles Do Happen in GBM
Author(s)Dellann Elliott Mydland
Dellann Elliott Mydland, founder and president of the EndBrainCancer Initiative and 2016 GBM Hero, discusses how miracles do happen in the world of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), and people survive.
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Dellann Elliott Mydland, founder and president of the EndBrainCancer Initiative and 2016 GBM Hero, discusses how miracles do happen in the world of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), and people survive.
It is crucial to have hope when facing this type of brain tumor, and those who survive often have a top brain surgeon, have their tissue saved and get into clinical trials or new treatment quicker. Through EndBrainCancer's Direct Connect program, the organization is hoping to make this a reality for more patients.
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