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Busy Philipps learned she had a brain tumor after getting a full-body scan in February
The tumor, which was removed and biopsied during a surgery in March was identified as a rare grade 2 oligodendroglioma
Philipps recalls the moment the doctor who reviewed her MRI called her with news she needed to have the surgery: "The wind sort of knocked out of me," she tells PEOPLE
Busy Philipps recalls the exact moment she learned she needed surgery to remove a brain tumor.
In a new interview with PEOPLE, the Cougar Town alum, 47, details how she got a full-body Prenuvo scan in February, which showed she had a lesion on her brain. She needed a follow-up MRI to get a closer look, and Dr. Orrin Devinsky of NYU Langone reviewed the scan.
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The tumor, which was removed and biopsied during a surgery in March was identified as a rare grade 2 oligodendroglioma
Philipps recalls the moment the doctor who reviewed her MRI called her with news she needed to have the surgery: "The wind sort of knocked out of me," she tells PEOPLE
Busy Philipps recalls the exact moment she learned she needed surgery to remove a brain tumor.
In a new interview with PEOPLE, the Cougar Town alum, 47, details how she got a full-body Prenuvo scan in February, which showed she had a lesion on her brain. She needed a follow-up MRI to get a closer look, and Dr. Orrin Devinsky of NYU Langone reviewed the scan.
#brain
