When a child turns five, the world around them changes. At this stage, they move from the familiarity of home to discovering ...

In DIPG, a tumor forms in the stem of the brain in an area called the pons. It’s in the lower part of the brain that controls vital body functions like blood pressure, heart rate, swallowing ...

The left side of his face began to droop. The pons, the part of the brainstem where DIPG tumors are located, controls facial muscles as well as limbs on the opposite side. Jace couldn't control ...

He was diagnosed with DIPG four years ago, during his junior year of high school, after suffering headaches, unusual movements in his left eye and partial paralysis on the left side of his face.

DIPG is diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans combined with symptoms which include slurred speech, trouble with balance, odd eye movements and drooping of the face.

DIPG affects 300 children annually ... and balance over time. Eye movement, face paralysis, difficulties walking, unusual limb motions, and balance problems are early tumor symptoms.

She said, Has his face always looked uneven ... The next days, when he was diagnosed with Dipg, which is a fuze intrinsic pontine glioma, it's like a really long type of tumor.

their faces betraying a sense of worry that their daughter’s never does. “I don’t think she completely understands what she’s up against,” Stephanie says. DIPG became widely known in the ...

Ryley Kemp before the DIPG brain cancer took hold. Ryley just before his death, his face swollen by steroid treatment. She told the gathering: “Imagine that tomorrow you take your child for an ...