Strength forged from adversity
-The Stem Cellar Regina Karchner says she feels as if she’s been a patient advocate for people with brain cancer almost from birth. When she was three, her father died of a brain tumor. When she was 16 Regina was diagnosed with brain cancer. While she was in the...
The Cristian Rivera Foundation Announces the Vision of Hope Award Winner: Linda Wachtel of the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation and Jenna’s Rainbow Foundation
The Cristian Rivera Foundation (CRF) just announced the winner of the Vision of Hope Award to be awarded to Linda Wachtel of the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation and Jenna’s Rainbow Foundation at CRF’s largest fundraising event of the year, the 13thAnnual Cristian...
THE RIVER RUNNER: How expedition kayaker Scott Lindgren balances a brain tumor, his mental health and tackling tough waters
By: Jefferson Geiger, Summit Daily Scott Lindgren didn’t set out to make a documentary about himself. Though the world-class kayaker is no stranger to being in front of and behind the camera, having produced numerous kayaking films and winning an Emmy for...
TO SAVE CHILDREN WITH CANCER, DOCTORS TURN TO NEW WEAPONS
Marlene Cimons, The Philly Tribune – When Michelle Monje was a medical student 20 years ago, she saw her first case of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a childhood brain cancer that is almost always fatal within a year. Monje decided to study the disease...