Malignant gliomas and medulloblastomas — the most common brain tumours affecting adults and children, respectively — remain responsible for a disproportionate level of morbidity and mortality ...

In addition, they showed that a different strain of NF1 mice—one that does not normally develop brain tumors—formed optic gliomas after either optic nerve injury or traumatic brain injury.

Tumors near the optic nerve (optic glioma) can directly damage the nerve, leading to vision loss in one or both eyes. Additionally, tumors in the occipital lobe, the brain region responsible for ...

Faculty within the clinic help distinguish optic nerve drusen from papilledema, collaborate with pediatric geneticists to rule out optic glioma and other visual sequale of neurofibromatosis, determine ...

In neurofibromatosis type 1, optic gliomas are the most common central nervous system tumors. They occur in approximately 15% of patients, and may result in blindness if left untreated.

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For nearly half his life, Brock has battled a pediatric cancer known as Optic Nerve Glioma. Over the summer, through Make-A-Wish Arizona, Brock and his entire family got to travel to New York City ...