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Jigar Raythatha (Ray-tha-tha), 46, glioma, Lexington, with Kinnary (wife) and Patrick Wen, MD, Director, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber After two weeks of an unresolved headache, Jigar’s doctor ordered an urgent brain MRI,which revealed some abnormal findings. To get a definitive diagnosis, doctors would need toaccess his brain, so Jigar opted for a biopsy over a craniotomy. The results found he hadIDH-mutant astrocytoma, a biomarker for patients with glioma; these findings would guide theapproach to his brain surgery.· For treatment post-surgery, he takes one pill daily as an IDH inhibitor. Jigar will take thiswhile waiting for a new targeted therapy to be approved and finalized: it’s designed specificallyto target the mutation that is causing his type of cancer. At Dana-Farber, he appreciates howeveryone recognizes that you’re going through something very hard and always meets youwhere you are in your emotional journey.· For work, Jigar is the former CEO of a pharmaceutical company that focused on d