Brain tumor conditions are troubling for any group but the fact that they strike children is disheartening. These young people have their entire lives ahead of them and for a diagnosis such as this to come along stands as one of the most unfortunate occurrences. One has to wonder what they can do in order to help this matter as much as possible. What remains true is that work is being done in order to conduct research and modify therapies so that they can become better.

According to an article on NBC Southern California, more work in terms of researching brain tumor conditions was done after seven-year-old McKenna Wetzel passed away due to them. She was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a severe type of cancer. This is a kind of cancer which is wrapped around the brain. Companies like Voices Against Brain Cancer can tell you that while radiation can be conducted on the temporary side of things, surgery on the matter is impossible without damage being done to the brain.

When Wetzel passed away because of the condition, it seemed to kick start more in the way of research techniques. This could be potentially fortunate for young patients, as they may be given the future cures that Wetzel was sadly not able to benefit from. The article spoke about how a sample was extracted from the tumor and brought to the medical minds at Stanford University. A good deal of work would be done thanks to the still-living tissue and that would translate to various other establishments, too.

Amongst all of the medical talk, though, I couldn't help but notice just how helpful the community was. They supported Wetzel after the news broke out about her condition and a good deal of money was raised for the sake of compensating for her medical bills. This was done through the actions of a block party which placed Wetzel at the center. A great deal of money was raised in order to help her, tens of thousands dollars to be more exact, which displays just how robust a sense of unity can be.

I am not going to dispute the idea that brain tumor conditions are serious ones but I think that the fact that so many people can come together to help is astounding. I find it to be uplifting that so many individuals in a city are so supportive of a cause that they will be able to band together for that one common purpose. With such support being seen, research is only going to be more effective. In my mind, beneficial results will most certainly come to fruition.