After an uphill battle against cancer, this Aberdeen woman is a survivor and a superstar.
In the words of her neuro-oncologist, Sumul N. Raval, M.D., founder and director of the David S. Zocchi Brain Tumor Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Dee is a superstar who is a seven-year survivor of a brain tumor so deadly that the typical life expectancy after diagnosis is about 14 months. Diagnosed in April 2010 with a glioblastoma, the most aggressive cancer that begins withinthe brain, Dee underwent surgery performed by Monmouth Medical Center neurosurgeon Ty Olson, M.D.
That procedure was followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. After her initial treatment failed, Dee was treated with different chemotherapy that put her brain tumor into remission. Today, she has no evidence of recurrent disease and remains in remission under Dr. Raval’s care.
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