Is there any risk for children with hydrocephalus, fitted with a V.P shunt, to go abroad by airplane?
• My son is three years old and has just finished 11 months of a 15-month Carboplatin/Vincristine protocol for an Optic Glioma. The tumor has regressed, but the reason he had to quit chemotherapy is he developed first cold antibodies, then warm. His hgb dropped to 4.6, and he could not be transfused because no perfect match was found. His hgb is now 12.1 (after 4 weeks of prednisone). My question to you is: do you have any information on patients who have an OG and have had to end chemo early? Are the chance of recurrence higher than with patients who complete chemo? I am running out of places to ask; no one has answers! We are being treated at the Boman Grey School of Medicine (Wake Forest/Baptist in Winston-Salem NC.) • Is an Arachnoid Cysts considered a tumor? • I was wondering if someone could answer my question regarding tumor enhancement on MRI. My daughter’s (2 years old, diagnosed 16 months ago) last MRI showed reduced enchancement (low-grade astrocytoma, stable since diagnosis
