health & wellness

Hermelin Brain
Tumor Center
Receives Major
Donation

A

gift of $3 million was made
by the Herrick Foundation
to Henry Ford Health
System's Hermelin Brain Tumor
Center to help advance the treatment
of — and someday find a cure for —
malignant gliomas.
This gift was made in memory of
Leslye Indenbaum, who died Jan. 6,
2012, at age 50 after losing her battle
against the disease. The Herrick
Foundation made this gift in Leslye's
name in the sin-
cere hope that the
research it supports
will soon provide
patients diagnosed
with this disease
better treatment
options and more
hopeful and posi-
Leslye
tive outcomes.
Indenbaum
Leslye is survived
by her husband, Michael Indenbaum,
and her three daughters — Shoshana,
Alyssa and Lily.
Gliomas account for 77 percent of all
malignant, or cancerous, brain tumors.
There are no clear causes for these
tumors, which infiltrate normal brain
tissue, significantly complicating treat-
ment and making surgical removal
extremely difficult. While this type of
brain tumor affects all ages, it is more
common in adults.
Today, any patient diagnosed with
a malignant glioma has few treatment
options and a bleak prognosis. But,
researchers/scientists at Henry Ford
and other centers are confident mean-
ingful progress is being made.
The Herrick Foundation's gift
will specifically fund research led
by Hermelin Brain Tumor Center
Co-Director Tom Mikkelsen, M.D.,
who said, "We currently have a num-
ber of ongoing clinical trials of molecu-
larly targeted drugs, which we are
working to have approved. We already
are looking for the next breakthrough,
including the study of tumor stem cells
and other approaches:'
The Hermelin Brain Tumor Center
at Henry Ford Hospital has long been
a national leader in the research
and development of advanced brain
tumor therapies. It is also one of
only 15 brain tumor centers nation-
wide — the only center in Michigan
— participating in the National
Cancer Institute's Adult Brain Tumor
Consortium, a broad-based initiative
to develop the most advanced care for
patients in the United States. ❑

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