glioma

Some of the deep grief I’ve experienced since Stephen was initially diagnosed with an incurable glioma seven years ago had subsided a little, but it’s back.

But after an optician spotted a swelling behind her eyes she was immediately referred to hospital where she was diagnosed with a right frontal lobe glioma.

Ronnie Hood, 11, from Sudbury, Suffolk, was diagnosed with a diffuse midline glioma in March after doctors were unable to remove the entirety of a tumour growing on his spine and brain.

The family were told that the tumour was called a low-grade glioma and was non-cancerous.

Brain cancer is difficult to treat when it starts growing, and a prevalent type, known as a glioma, has a poor five-year survival rate.