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About 3 months ago my dad had brain surgery, he had a cancerous brain tumor on the brain stem, after surgery the smell of food makes him vomit and he went from 250 pounds to 150 pounds to this day he still throws up when he smells food and won't eat.He is currently at UCLA hospital. Any ideas on what is going on?
This is a question that is better directed to a neurologist or maybe to a neurosurgeon (I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating - mainly malignant - brain tumors not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon). However the centers for nausea and vomiting are located in the brain close to where his tumor was. So a certain damage to those centers is quite possible. Have any drugs been tried to control this? If not they should be tried. What other treatment is he receiving/will he receive? Radiation therapy? Chemotherapy?
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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.
Experience
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),
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