A routine exam leads doctors to discover a blood clot above Arizona Senator John McCain's left eye. A biopsy reveals the senator has glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor. Each year 12,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with this type tumor. Most die within two years.
August is . Here to discuss diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors along with advances in the field of neurosurgery are Dr. Joseph Cheng, the new chair of the at the ; and Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Ngwenya. Dr. Cheng is leading a team of neurosurgeons that will see the construction of the new .