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Expert: - 9/11/2008


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My mother is aged 63 and was diagnosed in December 2007 (10 months ago) with cerebral lymphoma. She has had 3 rounds of chemotherapy which they say there doesn't appear to be any growth although they can't be 100% as she had to have a brain biopsy and she has scaring which makes it hard for them to separate the scaring from the lymphoma on the scans. She is not sure if the Dr's want her to have any more treatment she goes back next week for a review. She is not keen on having anymore chemo as she has been told it brings on dementia and there is already a family history of dementia so she is not keen on hurrying that up.  What would you her future looks like?

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Unfortunately it is impossible to say since it based on what you have told me seems impossible to know with any certainty how successful her treatment has been. Without knowing that no evaluation or prediction of any value is impossible unfortunately.

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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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