AboutClaes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. Expertise I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.
Experience I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. 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. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer),
General History,
Military History,
Breast Cancer,
Colon Cancer.
Question QUESTION: my father who has been battling non-hodgkins lymphoma for 10 years was diagnosed last week with a lymphoma brain tumor the size of a walnut in the right frontal lobe. He is 77 yrs old. There is also a smaller one in the left frontal lobe. His oncologist and neurosurgeon have decided to treat with radiation only. He had been treated numerous times with chemo during active periods, but had decided back in Jan he would no longer get chemo. I would like to know what his probable prognosis is?
ANSWER: Unfortunately it is most probably bad! But I do support the decision with regards to radiation therapy.
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QUESTION: I spoke to my fathers oncologist today and he said he is optimistic about my father's prognosis. Will do an MRI after his 3 wks of radiation. Felt we could get another year. Seems contrary to what I read on the web. Do you concur? He did mention that he didn't perform a biopsy so he isn't 100 percent sure that the tumor is lymphoma. I would appreciate your opinion.
Answer Well the prognosis of lymphomas is related to age. The older you are the worse is the prognosis. Your father has been battling his illness for 10 years so clearly he is not cured. And he is 77 years old. Those factors are in themselves significant. One more year may be possible but the probability of it is probably rather far from certainty. If it is not a lymphoma but a primary malignant brain tumor (or a secondary cancer) his prognosis is MOST uncertain! Or to be precise usually quite bad.
