January 30, 2020
By uclahealth 
“I had a golf ball-sized meningioma taken out of brain and was so impressed by the help I got at UCLA Health that when I had the chance to give back, I gave something back,” explains Brad Lusk. Lusk underwent a 14-hour surgery to remove a very healthy and growing tumor. “I had 30 radiation […]
Tags: featured, meningioma, Patient and Family Advisory Council, radiation, tumor
October 4, 2018
Ask the Doctors – How dangerous is a meningioma?
Dear Doctor: I’ve recently been diagnosed with meningioma, but my doctor tells me not to worry about it. That can’t be right. What should I know? Meningiomas are the most common brain tumors within the central nervous system and, let me state this at the beginning: Most are considered benign. As the name implies, meningiomas […]
Tags: Ask the Doctors, brain tumor, Dr. Robert Ashley, meningioma
July 24, 2018
Ask the Doctors – Is there a connection between cell phones and brain tumor risk?
Dear Doctor: I’ve heard that cell phones increase the risk of brain tumors – and that they don’t. Which is true? First, let’s look at brain tumors in general. Brain tumors are classified as either benign or malignant, meaning cancerous. The most common type of benign brain tumor is a meningioma, which arises from the […]
Tags: Ask the Doctors, brain tumors, cell phones, Dr. Robert Ashley, glioma, meningioma, radiation
December 5, 2016
By uclahealth
“I was a patient here in 2006 for a 16-hour resection of a brain tumor,” says Brad Lusk, a 68-year-old neurosurgery patient who was running 60 miles per week prior to finding out he had a growing meningioma tumor. “The better shape you’re in when you go in for surgery or treatment, the better you’re […]
Tags: brain tumor, DNA, Dr. Linda Liau, featured, featured story, focused radiation beam treatments, meningioma, meningioma tumor, Neurology & Neurosurgery, neurosurgery, patient story, radiation
August 10, 2016
A trip from a meningioma diagnose to a second life through UCLA
By olgamattosd 
On November 2015 I was diagnosed with a meningioma in my head. It was big, and surgery was the only option. The natural thing was to have had surgery at my country but a dear friend told me about Dr. Neil Martin and the embolization process used at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. First […]
Tags: Dr. Neil Martin, embolization, meningioma, neurosurgery, patient stories
