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9-year-old With Brain Cancer To Undergo Revolutionary Surgery February 2, 2005
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Skull Base Institute
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9-YEAR-OLD WITH BRAIN CANCER TO UNDERGO REVOLUTIONARY SURGERY FEBRUARY 2
(Surgeon To Donate Services For Boy Who Gained Int’l Attention With Online Fundraising Campaign)
LOS ANGELES -- A 9-year-old boy with brain cancer, who gained international attention when his mother launched an online auction to pay for his biopsy, will undergo the surgery at no cost thanks to internationally renowned surgeon Hrayr Shahinian, M.D. of the Skull Base Institute. Shahinian, who is one of a few surgeons in the world to specialize in a minimally invasive approach to skull base surgery known as endoscopy, will perform the procedure on David Dingman-Grover on Wednesday, February 2 at 8:30 a.m. at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Following surgery, tissue samples will be rushed to pathologists who are expected to determine whether or not the tumor is actively cancerous...
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