Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive type of brain tumour.
She had a large, incredibly rare kind of brain tumour.
Wendy Fulcher, the founder of Brain Tumour Research Campaign, for which Swabey raised money, said she was "bright, vivacious, kind, and beautiful".
Successful for nine out of 10 patients with this type of brain tumour, the radiation stops the tumour cells from reproducing, and in time they'll die.
Neon first had surgery in October to remove a medulloblastoma, a fast-growing type of brain tumour that begins in the cerebellum and is more common in children than adults.
Newly announced movies with diversity at the fore include the Barack Obama biopic Barry and Dr Q, the true life tale of an illegal immigrant who became the head of brain tumour surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
If it wasn't derived from his favourite cells, glial cells – a type of cell in the nervous system from which most types of brain tumour develop – he probably wouldn't be studying it.
Glioma is a specific type of brain tumour arising from glial cells within the central nervous system.
Peter's wife Wendy died in January 2011 at the age of 54, after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain tumour.
Ware, who has died at the age of 42 after suffering from a rare form of brain tumour, was viewed by Stoke fans as the archetypal local boy who understood what it meant to wear the red and white stripes.
The study, which covered a 10-year period and included cell-phone users in 13 countries, found inconclusive evidence that cell-phone use was linked to the development of glioma and meningioma, the two most common types of brain tumour.
