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After having a dnet brain tumor surgically removed, can it ever grow back?
This is a VERY rare kind of tumor first described as recently as 1988! So experience is VERY limited. But the general concensus is that if it is a grade 1 tumor that risk is VERY low (I have never seen or treated any case of this tumor myself, so I have to rely on the experience of others). So any extra treatment like radiation therapy or chemotherapy is considered unnecessary. That is all I can tell you at present. It seems if you have to have a brain tumor this is the one to have! A cousin of mine recently lost a son to a glioblastoma multiforme GBM brain tumor grade 4, the worst you can have. In spite of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy his son - in his 30ies - and a very successful lawyer, painter, drawer and choir singer survived for just around one year which is normal for these tumors. My cousin commented this:"This was my most intelligent and gifted child (of 4, 3 brothers and one sister) and he gets a BRAIN TUMOR!"
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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),
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