@dr.z_neurosurgery: Replying to @Oldskooltrukr This is correct. A DIPG (or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) is one of the worst tumor diagnoses in existence. #dipg ##braincancer##doctor##stem##Science
Children’s cancer is why I cannot fully believe in god because give me one reason a child would be put on this earth to suffer and ruin the life of every adult whom loved them forever
2026-02-10 22:58:34
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sara :
My dad passed from glioblastoma. Diagnosed in April and passed in February. Terrible disease. 😭
2026-02-11 16:51:35
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TimTims91 :
DIPG is my biggest fear as a mother.
2026-02-10 16:10:08
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pivot...pivot...pivot...PIVOT :
My son had anaplastic ependymoma. Completely unresponsive to all chemo. Surgery and radiation are the only options. In July of 2024 it spread to his lungs. We we're told nothing would work. And they were correct. He passed Dec 27th, 2025. I will never be the same. #fuckcancer #forever16
2026-02-11 02:05:33
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Gaby Beckman :
Why does it only occur in ages 5-10? That’s horrific :(
2026-02-10 05:20:40
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Dr. Arturito, MD :
I saw this once as a medical student. Absolutely devastating. I still think about that poor patient.
2026-02-09 23:15:43
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ō_ō :
This is what I have! I’m 24 and recently got diagnosed back in September! I did radiation with chemo and am now getting avastin and modesyo. Luckily my symptoms have improved and I hope the modesyo stays working lol
2026-02-10 03:40:08
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Nursebcc2005 :
DIPG is Horrible .. my nephew had this cancer.. he was only 6 when diagnosed and 7 when he passed away ..my heart is still broken
2026-02-10 22:07:05
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✨A Little Bit of Britt ✨ :
My daughter has DIPG. She had a biopsy and radiation and she’s in a clinical trial now. She was diagnosed end of July.
2026-02-13 02:32:47
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autumnnottheszn :
why doesn’t this happen in adults? i’d love to know more
2026-02-10 23:59:40
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Adriana Swift :
My mom had this surgery it lasted for 14 hr and she live 15 years more
2026-02-11 22:21:48
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✌︎𝓙𝓪𝔃𝔃𝓶𝓪𝓷✌︎ :
My sister‘s son was diagnosed with this type of cancer a couple months ago and he’s only nine
2026-04-07 04:08:03
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Suzi Hackbarth :
My husband has grade 4 GBM wildtype-and every day he thanks the Lord it’s him and not one of our ❤ children.
2026-02-09 22:56:22
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user1419503355171 :
DIPG as an oncology nurse is my biggest fear for my child.
2026-02-11 06:01:56
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WorldClassTraveller :
Do you think cancer will ever be cured? After all, it’s mutated cells that somehow passed through the checkpoints of the cell cycle. Mutations are what drive evolution and if we don’t evolve as a human race we will cease to exist
2026-02-10 03:34:23
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Steve :
why does it only occur in children?
2026-02-10 02:24:23
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cat :
I saw this in a pediatric patient as an EMT (the day of discovery). It was gut wrenching. One parent was a MD and knew exactly what this meant. I will never forget it
2026-02-11 00:44:13
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Kasey Lynn :
This is the worst of the worst.😭
2026-02-11 01:09:07
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user1838377373u3 :
Peds onc rotation almost broke me 🙃
2026-02-10 14:20:29
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nataliehughes121 :
Paediatric oncology nurse in community and DIPG is so brutal. When I say a referral for this I know it is a palliative referral with an EOL at the end. Poor babies 🙁
2026-02-10 20:29:12
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b.r.i.t.t.e.r.s. :
Childhood cancer is so unfair, but especially DIPG -Mama to a Wilms warrior
2026-02-11 17:55:11
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reecespieces_83 :
not trying to make light of a serious situation and topic but my first thought when I saw this was, "enter Dr. Derek Shephard!" lol
2026-02-09 22:57:21
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Kaylyn :
And there's basically little to no funding for this. How can the same treatment option be the same for 40 plus years?
2026-02-10 23:46:26
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wanderandglow26 :
My heart sinks when I see GBM, DIPG, and ALS diagnoses 😞
2026-06-17 22:34:48
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Rosie :
There is a clinic Clinica 0-19 in Monterrey, Mexico that preyed upon DIPG families who desperately wanted to find treatment options for their children by offering them experimental treatment. The “doctors” who ran the clinic were the worst of the worst.
2026-02-10 07:20:43
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