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Expert: - 11/30/2009


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My wife was diagnosed 11 years ago with 5 small grade 4 astrocytoma
tumors.
she had 4 tumors removed surgically and the other was a little deep so the doctors decided to try and remove it with radio therapy which after 3 years we had noticed that the other tumor had disapeered.
11 years later after having  MRI scans every year our doctor kept saying theres only scar tissue which we were happy about.
last week after having another MRI the doctor told us he was not sure a) if the scar tissue had grown 5 mm or b)a new tumor had started.
he said he needed to see how we could itentify this  growth.
Can a scar tissue grow after 11 years or is it likely a new tumor maybe started.

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If there is a change the risk that there is a new tumor there is unfortunately rather high but not a certainty.

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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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