Roswell Park has the busiest single Gamma Knife program in the U.S. and most of the world, operating every day of the week, treating more than 900 patients every year and pioneering new treatment strategies.
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“I was told that I might be experiencing perimenopause and aging prematurely, but even after many blood tests and exams, no one could explain why these things were happening.” Then she came to Roswell Park.
Aretha Graham is Brooklyn-born tough. At age 50, she looks many years younger and exudes a quiet, Zen-like energy, even though she navigates everyday life with a cluster of noncancerous brain tumors.
“I owe my life to Roswell, and I give my doctors all the credit. For some reason, cancer likes my body, but I have to get through this. I don’t have any other choice."
I was diagnosed with an aggressive, stage IV breast cancer in 2013, after finding a lump. The cancer had already spread to five organs, including my brain. I was therefore immediately considered a terminal case.
Last winter, I had a sudden-onset headache. My primary care physician sent me to a specialist, who ordered multiple scans, and the next thing I knew, I was being told I had a meningioma, a benign brain tumor.