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New Zealand Woman's 'Golf‑Ball' Brain Tumor Disappears on Scans as Doctors Urge Caution

With surgery deemed too risky, she received chemoradiation, leaving imaging gains short of definitive proof.

Overview

  • Paige Suisted, 27, was diagnosed in April 2024 with stage‑four astrocytoma after weeks of CTs, MRIs and a brain biopsy.
  • The mass pressed on nerves controlling her right side, producing numbness and weakness that made surgeons warn of a high paralysis risk.
  • She avoided surgery and completed about a year of radiation and chemotherapy under close medical supervision.
  • Recent MRIs show no visible tumor, and clinicians have described her case as a medical anomaly without declaring a cure.
  • Doctors note only tissue examination could rule out microscopic disease, as she continues follow‑up care and steps into advocacy, including a Cancer Society ambassadorship.