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Expert: - 4/18/2008


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my grandma is 86 yrs old and has lost alot of weight in the past 6 months and has found out a week ago she has a brain mass and 2 heart valves are blocked.,is there any way she can go through surgery on one or the other or both?

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I'm not a surgeon but a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors. But it does sound complicated! So this is really a question for a surgeon. However her heart problem is strictly outside my area of expertise here. With regards to her brain mass it all depends on the following: 1. What kind of brain mass is it? 2. How big is it? 3. Where in her brain is it located - as exactly as possible? Without that information it is impossible to answer. But if you can provide it I can do a better job!  

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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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