When an Arizona mother’s hair fell out while receiving radiation therapy for a brain tumor, her son grew it out and had it turned into a $2,000 wig.
Melanie Shaha, a 61-year-old mother of six, told “Today” in 2022 that a benign brain tumor in her pituitary gland was identified in 2003.
The pituitary gland, according to The National Cancer Institute, is a tiny organ located to the base of the brain that produces hormones that govern bodily processes such as growth and fertility. According to the American Cancer Society, around 10,000 pituitary tumors are detected each year in the United States.
