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Former TCU basketball star, who had a brain tumor, back at work for Arlington PD
By Brian Gosset
Niki Newton, who was a 4-time all-state high school basketball player and 3-time district MVP at Crowley before going on to have a successful career at TCU, received some troubling news in May.
Doctors found a rare and large tumor on her pineal gland in the middle of her brain. She went down to Houston for brain surgery that month, which took her away from her job, being a police officer for the Arlington Police Department.
The tumor accounts for 0.5-1.6 percent of the different types of brain tumors and is very rare if large. Most neurosurgeons will not operate because of the risks associated with the surgery, which includes paralysis or even death.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article234191812.html#storylink=cpy
By Brian Gosset
Niki Newton, who was a 4-time all-state high school basketball player and 3-time district MVP at Crowley before going on to have a successful career at TCU, received some troubling news in May.
Doctors found a rare and large tumor on her pineal gland in the middle of her brain. She went down to Houston for brain surgery that month, which took her away from her job, being a police officer for the Arlington Police Department.
The tumor accounts for 0.5-1.6 percent of the different types of brain tumors and is very rare if large. Most neurosurgeons will not operate because of the risks associated with the surgery, which includes paralysis or even death.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article234191812.html#storylink=cpy
