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Expert: - 3/24/2008


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my dad is 70 years old and had surgery to remove a gbm brain tumor in July of 07. It was a grade 4. He had radaition and chemo since. 2 weeks ago a small leasion came back and they did gammma knife to try to stop it. Know he is losing some function in his right leg. Does it have to do with the gamma knife? Is there any new treatment or hope out there. He had surgery at Barrows in Phoenix AZ and we still go out there for checkups. I am just trying to find out some new info.
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I'm sorry to read about his and your problems. His function problems may be due to his tumor relapse, his GammaKnife treatment or both. Unfortunately the treatment situation for a GBM grade 4 is as bleak as before. Very little - if anything at all - is happening. I'm sorry I have nothing better to tell you!

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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.

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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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