Isabella Strahan shares positive update in battle against brain cancer

Isabella Strahan shared some good news as she continues to battle medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor.

Strahan announced on her YouTube channel on Wednesday that she will finish chemotherapy in May after her treatments were reduced.

“My doctor just called me and told me I only have to do two more rounds of chemotherapy and that’s like the biggest thing. “I’m so happy,” Strahan said, crying what she described as “tears of joy.” “So I'll be finished in May and I can try to have a summer feeling better.”

Strahan, the daughter of “Good Morning America” ​​co-host Michael Strahan, said she was originally told she would have to undergo six rounds of chemotherapy, with her final treatments coming in late July.

With her rounds of chemotherapy now reduced to four, Isabella Strahan said she will take more time away from treatments before returning to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in the fall.

The 19-year-old was just a month into her freshman year at USC last fall when she started experiencing headaches and nausea. After tests, doctors discovered she had developed a fast-growing, 4 centimeter tumor larger than a golf ball in the back of her brain, diagnosed as medulloblastoma.

According to estimates published in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, medulloblastoma is a type of malignant tumor that accounts for about 20% of all childhood brain tumors. Approximately 300 children are diagnosed with medulloblastoma every year.

Since her diagnosis, which she publicly announced in January, Isabella Strahan has undergone brain surgery and multiple rounds of radiation.

She began chemotherapy in February and endured multiple hospitalizations due to setbacks, including fever.

In her latest vlog, Isabella Strahan talked about the chemotherapy side effects she experienced, including hair loss, brain fog, physical weakness and fatigue.

On her YouTube channel, she shares her health journey and raises awareness about brain tumors. This will benefit Duke University's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, where she is receiving treatment.

Near the end of her latest video, Isabella Strahan breaks down in tears when she is surprised by her twin sister Sophia, who is a student at Duke University.

“Today things are just going a lot better because Sophia just surprised me,” she said. “There are a lot of tears of joy today.”