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Flores, now 20, struggles to move her left eye because of nerve damage from the chordoma, but is continuing to work on it in physical therapy. Karla Flores and her cat, Sushi, in 2025.

In a U.K. medical first, 40-year-old Ruvimbo Kaviya successfully underwent a procedure to remove a tumor through her eye socket. Kaviya was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2023.

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. — Carson Smith, a 16-year-old junior at Colonial Heights High School, recently underwent brain surgery after a routine eye exam revealed a serious health issue.

Fifteen-year-old Walker, a baseball lover, stepped up to the plate to support children battling brain cancer, raising $25,000 at a baseball game fundraiser.