AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Busy Philipps reveals rare brain tumor diagnosis after a scan her own doctor said she didn't need
Actress Busy Philipps, 47, went public with a rare malignant brain tumor diagnosis she kept private for months, crediting a full-body MRI scan she almost skipped with saving her life. Philipps disclosed the diagnosis on Instagram and in an interview with People Magazine, calling the ordeal "the weirdest six months of my life." The tumor, […] The post Busy Philipps reveals rare brain tumor diagnosis after a scan her own doctor said she didn't need appeared first on American Almanac .
Actress Busy Philipps, 47, went public with a rare malignant brain tumor diagnosis she kept private for months, crediting a full-body MRI scan she almost skipped with saving her life. Philipps disclosed the diagnosis on Instagram and in an interview with People Magazine, calling the ordeal "the weirdest six months of my life." The tumor, a grade 2 oligodendroglioma, a slow-growing malignancy found in only 1,100 to 1,300 Americans each year, was caught by a Prenuvo full-body MRI scan on February 12. She had no obvious symptoms. Her primary care doctor had told her she was "super healthy" and didn't need the scan. She got one anyway. And it found a 2.6-centimeter mass inside her brain. James Van Der Beek's death pushed her to keep the…Open