Word: glioma
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Chlorotoxin, a substance in the venom of the giant Israeli scorpion, a 5-in.-long species known as the "death stalker," may offer hope for the 25,000 Americans each year who have glioma, an incurable, rapidly spreading form of brain cancer. Surgery provides only a temporary respite, and the few experimental therapies extend a patient's life span only weeks...
After I removed the blood clot from the left side of the cranial cavity, her condition was markedly improved for some time and the point at issue was whether or not there was a recurrence of the original infiltrating glioma. This shall ever remain unsolved on account of the failure of the people to grant us permission to examine the brain after death. It shall always be our regret that this very unique case could not have been completely reported...