i open to head up and went down to the brainstem. i biopsied it. the section came out -- a malignant tumor. i took out as much as i could, close to him up and spoke to the parents. only god knows why people only live for so long and maybe he served his purpose already and we will understand it better. they said thank you, doctor, but the lord is going to heal our son. i shook my head in amazement at their faith as i walked away. fully expecting he would deteriorate and i. instead, his eyes became looking in the same direction. i said what is going on? he said maybe we should do another scan and we did. there was still a big ugly tumor but you could see a little ribbon of tissue in the corner. i said is it possible maybe this tumor is outside of the brainstem? and a crushed the brainstem to the point you cannot see it and maybe i should go back in? they said by all means. the nature of the tumor was different. i peeled that away layer by layer. when i got to the last layer there was a brainstem intact but smashed. [applause] dr. carson: long story s

is it possible that maybe this is outside the brainstem and it is crushing the brainstem to the pointou cannot see it and i should go back in? they said by all means. the nature of the tumor was different. i peeled it away layer by layer. when i got to the last layer there was the glistening white brainstem smashed but intact. long story short,, that boy walked out of the hospital and today he is a minister. [applause] but interestingly enough, one of the oncologists came up to me and said i have always been an atheist but now i am a believer. it was really for me because i thought i was doing everything. i thought i was really hot stuff and i realized after that that it was not me. it was god. i said lord, you be the neurosurgeon and i will be the hands and that is where the title "gifted hands" came from. god is in charge. and i look at something like the vendor twins -- bender twins the first set of conjoined twins. such twins had never been before separated and survived. two months before i knew anything about the two ends -- twins, i have this obsession with conjoined twins and i

i opened it set up and i went to the brainstem and there was an ugly grayish red mouse. i biopsy that the frozen section came back high-grade glioma a malignant tumor. i did both it and took out as much as i dared. i close them up and talk to the parents and set all the things you would normally say only god knows why people live so long and maybe he served his purpose are ready. they said thank you doctor but the lord is going to heal our son and you know i just shook my head in amazement at their faith as i walked away fully expecting that he would deteriorate and die but instead i became conjugate looking in the same direction and started handling secretions. what's going on? maybe we should do another scan and we did and there was still a bit ugly to mark that you could see a ribbon of tissue way off in the corner. i said is it possible that maybe this tumor is outside of the brainstem and it's to the point where you can't see it? i went back in and the nature of the tumor was different. i peeled it away under the microscope layer by layer and when i got to the last

i open his head up, went on the brainstem with this grayish red mask. i biopsied it. cambric high-grade glioma, a malignant tumor. i took out as much as i dared, closed it up, talked to the parents and said all the things you normally say. only god knows why people live for so long and may be served its purpose better and will understand it in time. thank you, doctor, but the lord is going to heal our son. i just shook my head in amazement at their faith as i walked away fully expecting he would deteriorate and die. instead, his eyes became conjugate, looking in the same direction. he started handling secretions. i said, "what is going on? maybe we should do another scan," and we did and there is still a big ugly tumor. but you could see a little ribbon of tissue that's just outside the tumor in the corner. i said, is it possible that tumors outside of the brainstem and it is crushing the point you can't see it and maybe i should go back in? they said by all means. i went back and in the nature of the tumor was different. i peeled away layer by layer. when i got to th

. >> when it's brainstem versus the rest of the brain, the brainstem wins. >> the heart versus the headdinos, as the case may be. >>> let's get more on what "inside out" could mean for disney investors. joining us object the phone is fdr markets media and entertainment artist, barton crockett. there's the danger that this is the "birdman" of pixar films, it's all cerebral but doesn't necessarily make the money. i don't know if the merchandising possibility settle for a big brain with little characters inside it. how do you feel about this movie for disney's bottom line? >> this movie is going to be just great for disney's bottom line. you're right you're not going to sell "inside out" toys, it's not going to be a "toy story 3" or a "cars" merchandisable movie. i think at the end of the day, these guys will make good money on this. i think the movie will contribute 100, 150 million to the bottom line. it's nice that these guys can put out movies that are not franchisable and still you know, get a good return on it. as kind of in between the megafranchise, which is coming up to these guys

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that has appeared a blunt -- a brainstem in a child.ere it and the child has gone on to lead a productive, normal life having his own children and it is -- and is in his 30's. also, he has been brought up for several grand jury hearings about the state of texas trying to shut him down. one of your doctors from the nci actually was a witness for his defense stating that his procedures were quite efficient and they worked. host: are you familiar with this? guest: i am to some degree. there are many many investigators who are attempting alternative types of treatment. some of them have undergone's great scrutiny and some have not. i think we have to focus on the types of treatment that have undergone clinical trials. host: the headline from last week's "washington post" -- a paradigm change into the development of cancer drugs. we are talking to james doroshow from the national cancer institute. one quote is that it highlights the profound shift that is now taking place in the development of cancer drugs. researchers increasingly using dna