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.
my wife has undergone three brain surgeries for glioblastoma multiforme we have tried numerous chemo options with little success our doctor is talking about GLEEVAC or AVASTIN+cpt-11 do you have any info to share on these treatments?
thank you
Answer Both are still very experimental drug treatments - especially with brain tumours - even if Gleevac is showing promise in among other things leukemia treatment. Gleevac is a kinase inhibitor that makes in principle immortal tumour cells mature, age and die. Avastin inhibits the growth of new blood vessels into a tumour that are necessary for the supply of the tumour of oxygen and nutrition thereby starving and suffocating the tumour. The role of both drugs in the treatment of brain tumours is still unclear.
