Spine cancer is an abnormal excessive growth of cells in the bones of the spine or the spinal cord. The spinal tumor can be cancerous or non cancerous. Cancer of the spine is a rare type of spinal tumors.
but now hope a new drug in a phase 3 clinical trial has proven effective at preventing the growth of lower grade brain tumors i would call this a game changer. reporter: dr. ingle melinhof says this i the first targeted therapy for this type of brain cancer and nearly half of the patients in the trial still haven t needed chemotherapy and radiation, years later. did you just want to scream this from the roof tops, like we may have something here? yes in their 30s, 40s, early 50s, at the height of their professional and personal lives. reporter: nearly 25,000 people are expected to be diagnosed with a malignant brain or spinal cord tumor in the u.s. this year with nearly 19,000 deaths projected the fda is currently working on approving the treatment for everyone rachel learned about the trial a year after surgery and started taking the drug this year there we go so happy to be there. reporter: it has given her relief and a chance at a normal life.
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between the uranium that plant and the soil and the radiation and what happened in this high school? let s talk about this high school. six out of a hundred thousand people a year get any kind of brain or spinal cord tumor very, very rare.ol but this high school has seen over 100 brain tumors from nineteen seventy five to 2000. you saw al lopiano there. he has an acoustic neuroma which is very, very rare. his sister died of a glioblastoma, a terrible, terrible brain tumor . i spoke to our head of neurosurgery, john gall finance at nyu who s an expert at this and also tom roeland, who s an acoustic neuroma expert for the nyu, one of the world s best. both say that a little bit of ionized radiation, just a small amount in the area is enough to provoke these tumors. now wee don t knownow for sure that this is what has gone on , but the environmental protection agency is involved and the local department of health in new jersey is involved. tucker , this is what we call a cluster and this
government contractors are raking in million. here is senior investigative correspondent drew griffin. reporter: randall love is why the program exists. at the top of his career he was diagnosed with a spinal cord tumor. it crippled his body but not his mind. no longer able to work at an office he sought work from home and found it in a federal program. he will tell you the job cured him. it gives me if you would a sense of being worthwhile. i get up just like everybody else in the morning. i go to work too. i m not disabled. that s why i say secure for me. reporter: his job in the i.t. industry comes through a federal program with strict rules. to get a federal contract the government requires 75% of a skuchl company s work be performed by people who are severely disabled. according to the government that means employees not capable of engaging in competitive