Brain Tumors/Melanoma

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Expert: - 4/1/2010


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My sister just found out in January this year that her whole body is covered in tumors and leasions and they just keep coming back. she had 2 in her brain and than when she went back to visit she had 3 more in brain all melanoma she is only 28 years old and has it through her whole body, and has done radiation a couple times to the brain and a week of radiation to her one her side and butt, do you know how much longer she has she is in stage 4 of melanoma and just keeps getting worse. She can't keep liquids down or eat barely and she always sleeps and in pain

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Malignant melanomas are usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy. In this situation where it has spread to her brain her remaining survival time can at most be measured in months and may be quite shorter. I'm sorry I have nothing better to tell you!



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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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