Can you direct me to the information and or the doctorss in Sydney
austrilia who remove brain tumors in the brians of children . There was
an MSNBC show on 1-6-03 about 9 at night on this subject. Doctors in
the United States are not doing this surgery, but they are in
Austrialia and with success. Please send information . I have a young
adult, age 24 in my congregation who has two tumors that doctors say are
inoperable. Need inofrmation. thank you

Hello mps-ga,

This story is currently mentioned on the DatelineHealth page on MSNBC.
 It is the third story called "A difficult choice".

"DatelineHealth Front Page 4:14 PM Wednesday, January 8, 2003"
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/news/datelinehealth_front.asp

Here are the links to the MSNBC report:

"A difficult choice", by Edie Magnus (Nov. 3, 2002)
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/news/829275.asp

"Part two: An experimental surgery"
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/news/829308.asp

The doctors mentioned in the report are Dr. Simon Harvey and Dr.
Jeffrey Rosenfeld of the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne,
Australia.  Here are some web pages for the hospital that you might
find helpful.

"RCH Division of Surgery: Ward 6 West (Neurosciences)"
Royal Children's Hospital
http://www.rch.org.au/surgery/index.cfm?doc_id=8

"Mental Health Service (MHS): Paediatric Neuropsychology" (mentions
both Dr. Harvey and Dr. Rosenfeld)
Royal Children's Hospital, 
http://www.rch.org.au/mhs/research/?doc_id=1062

"Contact RCH"
Royal Children's Hospital
http://www.rch.org.au/rch/contact/index.cfm?doc_id=1499

I hope that this works out well for the young adult in your
congregation.

- justaskscott-ga


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