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| brain cancer gbm stage 4 | 11/21/2009 |
Q: my husband has gbm stage 4 he was diagnosed in feb09 he is going thru chemo avastin they tell us ...
A: Since brain tumors rarely have stages but do have grades I assume that you mean a GBM grade 4. Based ...
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| Brian Stem Glioma | 11/19/2009 |
Q: My Father In Law has been diagnosed with Brain Stem Glioma. Some Doctors are saying we need ...
A: Yes CyberKnife or GammaKnife treatment CAN be done without biopsy, though I myself would greatly ...
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| Father sick for months | 11/19/2009 |
Q: Don't know if you can help. My father in law has been sick for several months. He had heart bypass ...
A: No, I do not think any symptom giving brain tumor can remain hidden from MRI scans. However without ...
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| double vision | 11/19/2009 |
Q: 6 months later my daughter has been diagnose with brainstem glioma she have only double vision. an ...
A: Well this improvement would be impossible in a glioma with anti tuberculosis medication so most ...
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| brain tumor and cancer | 11/19/2009 |
Q: my mom has an inoperable brain tumor and she has had it for 10 years ... dr's said she has until ...
A: To be able to answer this I do need to know EXACTLY what kind of inoperable brain tumor she has ...
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| pathology result grade iii anaplastic astrocytoma | 11/18/2009 |
Q: A. Brain, right frontal lobe, excision: Anaplastic astrocytoma (World Health Organization grade ...
A: I assume that all is from the same patient. The patient has been surgically operated for a malignant ...
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| MRI? | 11/18/2009 |
Q: Last Saturday, my 2.5yr old woke me up cause she had difficulty walking and was holding herself up ...
A: If she is better now it may well have been a virus but to be on the safe side I do recommend that ...
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| brain tumor, long-term side effects | 11/18/2009 |
Q: 11-years-ago my sister has been diagnosed with the a tumor in the part of the brain called ...
A: It is possible in both cases but far from certain! I do suggest that she is checked by local ...
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| AA3 | 11/17/2009 |
Q: My husband (25yo at the time) was diagnosed with a 3rd grade anaplasitc astrocytoma in 2000. He ...
A: I do understand your concern! But this is such an irregular tumor behavior - especially if he is ...
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| worried!! | 11/13/2009 |
Q: I had a brain Mri one year ago, along with a ct scan of my parasinuses. Both test where normal, my ...
A: Well, based on the information you have given me it is most unlikely that your symptoms have ...
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| double vision | 11/13/2009 |
Q: 6 months later my daughter has been diagnose with brainstem glioma she have only double vision. an ...
A: If indeed this was a tuberculoma then radiation therapy & decadron can indeed cause a deterioration! ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma grade III | 11/12/2009 |
Q: my husband currently age 38 was dx in Dec 07, right frontal anaplastic astrocytoman with focal ...
A: There are uncertainties here. 3 to 5 years are possible but 3 is more probable. Once it returns ...
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| GBM - second recurrence | 11/8/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with GBM August 08 - had total resection, radiation, temodar. 7 months ...
A: To be frank I do not think traditional therapy has much to offer in this situation (except maybe a ...
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| glioblastoma | 11/5/2009 |
Q: A friend of mine was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma. He was also told it was not cancer. ...
A: Glioblastoma (multiforme) is indeed malignant (very much so) but strictly speaking not a cancer ...
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| lung cancer and brain tumor | 11/3/2009 |
Q: We have limited info: 10 days ago b-i-l had tumor removed from base of brain. 3 days ago biopsy, ...
A: Well if this is a small cell lung cancer that has spread to the brain - which happens rather often ...
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| diffuse astrocytoma, AVM, and pregnancy | 11/2/2009 |
Q: My 26yr old daughter was dx'd with a diffuse astrocytoma behind her right eye six months ago. ...
A: OK, so it is a grade 2, which IS a slowly growing tumor (grade 1 & 2 are more well behaved and grow ...
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| stage 4 | 11/2/2009 |
Q: My friend has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer(brain hemmorage) what are the survival ...
A: Your question is somewhat unclear. Am I to understand that your friend has a cancer somewhere and ...
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| gbm lV | 11/1/2009 |
Q: my brother 43 had a stroke on June 17 2007 ,he was in a coma for 3 weeks he then woke up and ...
A: GBM IV tumors usually have a very bad prognosis. It is very doubtful if a stroke - in combination ...
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| Lymphoma Brain Tumor | 10/31/2009 |
Q: my father who has been battling non-hodgkins lymphoma for 10 years was diagnosed last week with a ...
A: It may be (brain swelling due to the radiation). Has he been given any corticosteroids against such ...
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| glioblastoma grade IV | 10/29/2009 |
Q: My family member was diagnosed with a glioblastoma grade IV in May. She had surgery followed by ...
A: No it is not a typical response. It depends entirely on if and in that case how quickly and to what ...
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| Brain Tumor | 10/29/2009 |
Q: My dad this year was 74 years old. Around 3 years ago, my dad has headache and his leg is week ...
A: This is NOT an ordinary brain tumor, this is a pituitary tumor! Neurosurgery of this location is ...
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| Left Parietal Adenocarcinoma | 10/28/2009 |
Q: My grandfather was diagnosed with colon cancer in August 2008. He had extensive surgery to remove ...
A: Depends among other things on how much of his tumour that was removed - and how much that remains. ...
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| Left Parietal Adenocarcinoma | 10/28/2009 |
Q: My grandfather was diagnosed with colon cancer in August 2008. He had extensive surgery to remove ...
A: Unfortunately his remaining life span can probably at most be measured in some months but may be ...
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| Brain Tumor | 10/28/2009 |
Q: My dad this year was 74 years old. Around 3 years ago, my dad has headache and his leg is week ...
A: all depends on what kind of tumour your father has. If it is a malignant brain tumour his prognosis ...
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| Troubling Signs | 10/25/2009 |
Q: I will be 25 years old come November. I was diagnosed simply with migraines 14 years ago. I've spent ...
A: As can be seen from my bio page here I'm NOT a neurologist or a neurosurgeon. I'm a medical ...
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| Glioblastoma | 10/22/2009 |
Q: You answered a question from Sarah about what to expect as Glioblastoma progress. I was wondering ...
A: That is of course possible. However all GBM patients follow more or less the same pattern so far. ...
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| GBM grade 4 | 10/22/2009 |
Q: My 28 yo nephew was diagnosed with gbm grade 4 November 2008. He had a large tumor on his left side. ...
A: Regardless of any therapy GBM tumors grade 4 all have a very bad prognosis unfortunately. Surgery, ...
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| symptoms of progression /glio metforme | 10/22/2009 |
Q: My Husband had surgery on 3/2/09 he's had chemo,radiation & more chemo by port. Tremodar, avastin ...
A: I suppose that what he had was a glioblastoma multiforme? This kind of tumor has a very bad ...
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| Glioblastoma | 10/22/2009 |
Q: You answered a question from Sarah about what to expect as Glioblastoma progress. I was wondering ...
A: Well, what I meant was the fact that when these patients do sleep 24/7 ALL THE TIME then their ...
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| brain melanoma | 10/21/2009 |
Q: a friend just had a tumor removed from her brain the size of lemon she is 31 and I want to know how ...
A: There are experiments in immunotherapy for malignant melanoma going on but they are still ...
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| Lymphoma Brain Tumor | 10/20/2009 |
Q: my father who has been battling non-hodgkins lymphoma for 10 years was diagnosed last week with a ...
A: Well the prognosis of lymphomas is related to age. The older you are the worse is the prognosis. ...
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| Ear Tumor | 10/19/2009 |
Q: I have had a hard mass behind my right ear for about 3-4 weeks now. I recently went to a doctor ...
A: Without an examination it is impossible to tell you what this is. I may not have anything to do with ...
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| melanoma -brain tumour | 10/19/2009 |
Q: My father has just lost his battle with cancer. A year ago he had melanomas taken out of his groin ...
A: Well melanomas are caused by sunshine (UV light) in most cases, something which is abundant in ...
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| nsclc then sceondary brain tumour | 10/18/2009 |
Q: but were being masked by the pregnancy.I had an mri done to find i had a brain tumour.In which i had ...
A: A straight question deserves a straight answer even if disturbing. When exactly was your brain ...
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| T2 hyperinteisity in posterior tracts at C5 | 10/15/2009 |
Q: I posted a question yesterday but would like a quick follow up before my appointment on the 20th. I ...
A: Yes von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis can give rise to neuromas, for example in the cranial ...
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| grade 4 astrosytoma | 10/14/2009 |
Q: My father died 3 years ago from a grade 4 astrosytoma he only lasted 11 months after surgery, ...
A: The causes of malignant brain tumours are completely unknown at present, but there are also at ...
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| Brain cancer-GBM | 10/14/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law just completed 6 weeks of radiation and was taking Tempor chemo tabs......She has ...
A: Well, glioblastoma multiforme tumor cases can live at most around one year or a little longer from ...
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| Brain cancer-GBM | 10/13/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law just completed 6 weeks of radiation and was taking Tempor chemo tabs......She has ...
A: When was she diagnosed? Has she been operated too? If so when? Without full information it is ...
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| Oligodendroglioma Brain Tumor | 10/13/2009 |
Q: My husband had a grand mal seizure in Feb 2001 he was 39 years old. He had suregery in January 2002 ...
A: First of all, I'm not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon. I'm a medical oncologist & radiation ...
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| GMB progression | 10/12/2009 |
Q: March 24th, 2009, my husband had 2 tumors removed from his right temproal lobe and was they were ...
A: What you report does happen now and then - though certainly not always. Thinking and personality are ...
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| Mom-age 82 Glioblastoma Multiforme | 10/12/2009 |
Q: My Mom age 82 was diagnosed in April 09 with this horrific cancer. She had surgery in July to remove ...
A: I always try to give honest & truthful answers here - which some people have criticized me for, but ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade III | 10/12/2009 |
Q: The past month has been very busy with my 33 year old friend with Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade III ...
A: Yes it is a very strange case! Being nominally a Protestant Christian but in reality a very skeptic ...
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| brain mass | 10/9/2009 |
Q: A friend of mine had no feelings in all of his left side, finger tips are cold and this feeling ...
A: A stroke was of course a possibility. But now his CT scan has shown something which probably is a ...
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| GBM 4 | 10/8/2009 |
Q: on may 3 of this year my wife a young 45 year old very active woman was diagnosed with a GBM grade ...
A: Right, one - or more - MRI brain scan(s) is/are necessary to make some sort of prediction of what is ...
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| Brain Tumor | 10/6/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law was diagnosed with Brain tumor last month, following symptoms of memory loss, ...
A: Something must have happened like a stroke or a brain hemorrhage. Bleedings can happen in tumors so ...
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| glioblastoma muliforme | 10/6/2009 |
Q: My mother age 64 has been diagnosed with a stage4, at time of diagnosis it was 5.3cm,she had surgery ...
A: I suppose you mean a GRADE 4 as brain tumours normally do not have stages. A grade 4 glioblastoma ...
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| Brain Tumour | 10/6/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law was diagnosed with Brain tumor last month, following symptoms of memory loss, ...
A: Actually if given full treatment (surgery, radiation therapy & chemotherapy) and if really this is a ...
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| MELANOMA BRAIN TUMOR | 10/5/2009 |
Q: MY BROTHER IS IN HIS 30S AND HAD A BLEED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN AFTER SURGERY IT TURNED OUT ...
A: Unfortunately no better treatment is available anywhere. Malignant melanomas are usually not very ...
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| Lipoma | 10/4/2009 |
Q: I have recently been diagnosed with a lipoma in the suparchnoid space. I have tried to find ...
A: A lipoma is a benign tumor NOT a cancer - which is my specialty. It is rather uncertain if your ...
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| Oligodendroglioma | 10/1/2009 |
Q: My 30 year old cousin has just been told her tumor is growing again. She had her first surgery 9 ...
A: We are probably discussing a survival time that can be measured in months - at most. She will become ...
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| Oligodendroglioma and Hypathalamic tumor | 9/30/2009 |
Q: A very close friend has just been diagnosed with a grade 3 maybe 4 Oligodendroglioma on the right ...
A: Unfortunately based only on the information available it is impossible to answer. Grade is very ...
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| Brain tumors; Comas | 9/27/2009 |
Q: Recently I have been interested in brain tumors and the effects of them and I was wondering if you ...
A: nice to meet you! 1. Weight loss starts almost immediately. Muscles atrophy if not active. A ...
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| anaplastic ependymoma supratentorial grade3 | 9/24/2009 |
Q: My 6 year old son has had his tumor removed, no sign of anything in the CT and the surgeon was very ...
A: Tony, CT (& MRI) scans can only show conditions on a macroscopic level NOT a microscopic one. So ...
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| After Brain Tumor Removal | 9/23/2009 |
Q: About 3 months ago my dad had brain surgery, he had a cancerous brain tumor on the brain stem, after ...
A: This is a question that is better directed to a neurologist or maybe to a neurosurgeon (I'm a ...
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| Grade 4 brain tumor | 9/21/2009 |
Q: OMG! My father was diagnosed with a grade 4 brain tumor about a month ago. Is there no hope? Is ...
A: Unfortunately the prognosis of this kind of tumor is very bad. Apart from radiation therapy & ...
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| My father Stage 4 brain tumor | 9/21/2009 |
Q: We are nursing him at home.18 months ago he was diagnosed with stage 4 brain tumor,they were able to ...
A: I suppose you mean a GRADE 4 brain tumour since brain tumours normally do not have stages. Well he ...
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| Glioblastoma | 9/19/2009 |
Q: My 57 year old father presented with some memory loss and had been lethargic over a 3 week period ...
A: A glioblastoma multiforme (astrocytoma) grade 4 has normally a survival time of around one (1) year ...
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| Glioblastoma | 9/19/2009 |
Q: My 57 year old father presented with some memory loss and had been lethargic over a 3 week period ...
A: Do you mean GRADE 4? Brain tumors do not usually have stages but they do have grades. In order to ...
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| GBM Level 4 (bone flap removed/replaced) | 9/18/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed May 4th with a tumor, May 6 was told it is GBM also had resection of 60% ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! Yes every patient with this diagnosis has ...
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| metatatstic melanoma on the brain | 9/18/2009 |
Q: My dad has lupus and was diagnosed with melanoma on his back two year ago. They removed it and said ...
A: There is as far as is known no connection between lupus (erythemadodes disseminatus - systemic ...
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| Thalamic Glioma in the basal ganglia | 9/17/2009 |
Q: 15 yr old male with the diagnosis of thalamic glioma. 48mm mass in the basal ganglia found on Feb ...
A: Since it has started to grow again his prognosis is probably bad. So there is unfortunately a low ...
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| Brain cyst? | 9/16/2009 |
Q: I recently asked a question on here but I would like to ask another. This is what my recent MRI ...
A: This is actually a question best suited for your neurologist since this is not really a tumor. I ...
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| Is this a serious problem? | 9/15/2009 |
Q: Cyst in thalamus. I've attached a picture of the MRI. Thanks for any help at all, I don't understand ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating (mainly malignant) brain ...
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| brain tumor | 9/14/2009 |
Q: My mother has not felt well for a few months now- she has headaches, nausea,confusion and poor ...
A: Yes radiation therapy probably will ease her symptoms. If her brain tumor is secondary to her other ...
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| SCLC spread to brain | 9/14/2009 |
Q: My mother just found out that her lung cancer has spread to her left side of her brain, impairing ...
A: It will be difficult. This will have drastic consequences. Her remaining survival time will be at ...
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| rectal pain | 9/14/2009 |
Q: "i have a rectal pain since last march , some times its geting pain with my lower bowels too , its ...
A: some things like your previous question are IMPOSSIBLE to answer WITHOUT an examination! That is why ...
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| Astrocytom | 9/13/2009 |
Q: Min man har Astrocytom gradII och lite gradIII.i v framlob med överväxt flax.op.pga.sek hydrocefalus ...
A: Av någon anledning (okänd) är oligodendrogliomatumörer mycket snällare än flertalet andra elakartade ...
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| Astrocytom | 9/13/2009 |
Q: Min man har Astrocytom gradII och lite gradIII.i v framlob med överväxt flax.op.pga.sek hydrocefalus ...
A: Orsakerna till elakartade hjärntumörer är helt okända men det finns inga tecken på att herpes virus ...
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| Tumor in 2 year old | 9/12/2009 |
Q: My daughter is 2 and 1/2. She has been complaining that her head hurts in the back lower part of ...
A: Yes it is most unusual. How big is it? The treatment here is surgical - unless the tumor is small ...
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| Very Worried Mommy To Be | 9/10/2009 |
Q: i had a brain tumor when i was 6 it was benign and it was totally removed, i had follow up ...
A: Sorry, I'm here ONLY as a tumor/cancer dr. With regards to your anesthesia you will have to discuss ...
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| What can I do? | 9/10/2009 |
Q: But he has had a brain tumor removed this was about 3-4 years ago. He is a very angry person in ...
A: Since I do not know what kind of tumour he had, how big it was, where in (or on) his brain it ...
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| melanoma | 9/9/2009 |
Q: My husband had a melanoma lesion on his forehead 2 1/2 years ago, due to the fact he waited so long ...
A: Malignant melanomas are usually not sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy. Interesting and ...
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| pilocytic astrocytoma | 9/6/2009 |
Q: he has been operated on 24 feb 2009.but it cannot be removed fully.biopsy result as follows ...
A: Pilocytic astrocytoma of low grade is a rather benign brain tumor that probably will not spread and ...
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| Brain MRI - Hypointensity? | 9/5/2009 |
Q: I just had an MRI for a possible tumor related to Cushing's Disease. I will be going to a ...
A: Well nothing that can be related to any Cushing's disease has been seen. Based on experience it is ...
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| Grade 3-4 to 4-4 malignant astrocytic | 9/4/2009 |
Q: My 30 yr old nephew was diagnosed with a inoperative grade 3-4/4-4 malignant astrocytic brain tumor ...
A: Unfortunately I'm much more pessimistic than his MD with regards to his chances. If the grade of his ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma | 9/4/2009 |
Q: My friend, 32 years old, has a Grade III Anaplastic Astrocytoma and has had it for 2 1/2 yrs. She ...
A: Mary, please, I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first language (which is Swedish), ...
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| acusticus neurinoma | 9/3/2009 |
Q: I have been diagnosed with unilateral acoustic neurinoma.The size is about 2.5 cm Should I have it ...
A: If I were in your shoes I would definitely opt for radiosurgery (GammaKnife/Leksells kula)! There is ...
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| possilbe tumor in head | 9/1/2009 |
Q: feeling sick, lack of appetite, severe dizzy spells to were i fall down vision go's funny when these ...
A: If both CT & MRI scans have been negative it is very unlikely that your problems are caused by a ...
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| the cancer | 8/29/2009 |
Q: What is the reason of brain cancer
A: That depends on what you mean by brain cancer. If you mean a malignant primary brain tumour - one ...
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| Melinoma | 8/26/2009 |
Q: My brother has just come out of an operation for the removal of a 25mm brain tumour. He has ...
A: I'm sorry to have to inform you that your brother - if your information is correct - has a stage 4 ...
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| Gliomas Tumor | 8/26/2009 |
Q: Good Morning Dr Nordquist, My Grandmother was diagnosed last week with a Gliomas Tumor. After being ...
A: Ok. If it is a glioblastoma (multiforme) tumour it is probable that she has at most a survival time ...
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| Inoperable Brain Tumer | 8/24/2009 |
Q: At first glance my wife's brain tumor, a glioblastoma grade4, had advanced to the point the surgeon ...
A: Unfortunately there are no other options anywhere. The situation is just as bad everywhere (I'm in ...
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| question about anaplastic ependymoma | 8/24/2009 |
Q: My 17 year old niece is diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma. The second surgery in June, 2008 was ...
A: As you probably understand yourself her situation is definitely not promising. In general when ...
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| post-operative coma | 8/23/2009 |
Q: One of my best friends had a benign but growing brain tumor near his ear that had taken his hearing, ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating (mostly malignant) brain ...
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| Last stages of brain tumour | 8/22/2009 |
Q: My uncle showed symptoms one year back and undergone a brain surgery, chemotherapy, radiation. All ...
A: Unfortunately this is the normal proceeding of a malignant brain tumour. They are at present all ...
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| glioma/gangliogliomas | 8/18/2009 |
Q: I was diagnose on 2007 with two low grade tumors on my right temporal lobe of the brain measuring ...
A: Exactly what kind of tumors were they and how much "low grade" meaning what grade precisely? If you ...
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| Gliomas Tumor | 8/18/2009 |
Q: Good Morning Dr Nordquist, My Grandmother was diagnosed last week with a Gliomas Tumor. After being ...
A: Unfortunately even with this information I can tell you that the situation is very bad. A grade 4 ...
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| GBM brain tumer surgery radio therapy fail | 8/18/2009 |
Q: sir ,my brother in law, 58yrs,drift in coma. brain surgery..operated for right parietal lob SOL. ...
A: I'm sorry for his fate. However GBM tumors are at present incurable and ALWAY fatal. It would anyway ...
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| Gliomas Tumor | 8/17/2009 |
Q: Good Morning Dr Nordquist, My Grandmother was diagnosed last week with a Gliomas Tumor. After being ...
A: I'm sorry to read of her problems! Actually she has 2 problems here. 1. A stroke with an uncertain ...
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| Superior tectum lesion | 8/16/2009 |
Q: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, I am a relatively young(38)female and after an escalation in neurological ...
A: If I happened to be in your shoes I would DEMAND a second opinion. Yes any lesion like this in the ...
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| Posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma - M29 | 8/15/2009 |
Q: My brother was operated with posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma on 02/09. The tumor was totally ...
A: If his tumour has been completely removed his prognosis should be good if the diagnosis is correct ...
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| GBM in the thalamic region | 8/15/2009 |
Q: My uncle has been diagnosed with GBM in the thalamic region. Please would you let me know what would ...
A: If the diagnosis of a high grade glioblastoma multiforme is correct - which is very probable but ...
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| Brain tumor | 8/14/2009 |
Q: This is phani here this is about my father's health,he undergone a tumor surgery in 2004 we came to ...
A: That is VERY strange. In my experience (and in all text books) with a cancer that has spread to the ...
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| Brain tumor | 8/13/2009 |
Q: This is phani here this is about my father's health,he undergone a tumor surgery in 2004 we came to ...
A: Actually I'm astonished that he is still alive. Normally in a situation like this - even with ...
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| Secondary Breast Cancer | 8/11/2009 |
Q: My mum has secondary breast cancer in the form of tumors in her brain. She was diagnosed about a ...
A: I'm really sorry to disappoint you but any treatment - including radiation therapy - can only in ...
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| Coping with aproblem | 8/10/2009 |
Q: My wifes brother is five years old and he was diagnosed with a brain stem glioma. He grew up with my ...
A: Unfortunately his prognosis with a malignant brain glioma is very bad. So a pessimistic view in this ...
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| Oligodendroglioma | 8/6/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with an oligo in 1996 at 31 years of age after presenting with a seizure. ...
A: If it grows very diffusely and it is difficult to put a border to his tumour it is actually quite ...
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| Melanoma Brain Tumor | 8/5/2009 |
Q: My Mother was diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma of her brain about 1 month ago. She underwent 13 ...
A: Well, hopefully her radiation therapy will work. And it takes actually weeks before the effect can ...
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| Oligodendroglioma | 8/5/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with an oligo in 1996 at 31 years of age after presenting with a seizure. ...
A: It is actually quite hard to give you any precise prediction on this matter. His future is ...
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| brain tumor | 8/2/2009 |
Q: I began having bad headaches 21/2 years ago. They are usually in a small area and are very sharp. ...
A: If both your CT & MRI scans have been negative it is unlikely that your symptoms - which were ...
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| lump on my head | 8/1/2009 |
Q: I have this lump on my left side of my head behind my ear. i just noticed it today and it hurts when ...
A: To be sure what it is I would need to examine you which of course I can not do. One thing is sure ...
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| olio/glioma brain tumor | 8/1/2009 |
Q: I have been 3.5 years out with my diagnosis. My last MRI showed no blood going to the tumor.I have ...
A: Well so far it is at least not a bad thing. I suppose that you will have an MRI with contrast next ...
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| Brain stem tumor | 7/31/2009 |
Q: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. I have written to you in the past and you have been honest. I have ...
A: It is impossible to be precise in such a prediction unfortunately! It may be accurate but then again ...
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| Barin Tumor at 3rd stage | 7/28/2009 |
Q: My relative is suffering form brain tumor which was cancer tumor.Her stage was detected in 2004 as ...
A: If her brain tumor is malignant her chances of a cure are unfortunately nonexistent. Her treatment ...
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| brain epidermoid | 7/27/2009 |
Q: Recently my wife was detected with an epidermoid in brain after an MRI was done for her brain ; The ...
A: Unfortunately you did not give me the size of her lesion so I can not evaluate the possibilities of ...
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| Brain Tumor | 7/26/2009 |
Q: I have been lookng at your answers for people who are suffering and can only say that you have no ...
A: Madame! People who ask want the TRUTH! There is no purpose in misinforming them since truth soon ...
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| grade 4 brain tumour and proton therapy | 7/24/2009 |
Q: Our brother has unfortunately grade 4 brain tumours- advanced and aggressive. His time from initial ...
A: Proton treatment - like concentrated gamma ray treatment (GammaKnife, CyberKnife) - is only useful ...
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| brain tumor survival rate | 7/23/2009 |
Q: My 25 year old son was diagnosed nov 2008 with a stage 3 anaplastic brain tumor, he had the tumor ...
A: A GRADE 3 (brain tumours usually do not have stages) anaplastic brain tumour case usually survives ...
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| anal cancer | 7/23/2009 |
Q: My mother was diagonosed with stage 0-1 anal cancer back in April. She underwent Chemotherapy ...
A: Yes both chemotherapy and radiation therapy may cause that, even more so in combination. THANKS! ...
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| Grade II brain tumor | 7/22/2009 |
Q: I am back again with more questions regarding my brother's grade II brain tumor.He has to undergo ...
A: However, by principle I NEVER give detailed advice on drugs involved in any chemotherapy here ...
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| brain tumor | 7/22/2009 |
Q: My brother 43 yrs old was diagnosed a brain tumor (OLIGODENDROGLIOMA) just 10 days back.Today he ...
A: Well then his tumor is malignant but not very much so. His survival time can be measured in several ...
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| Metastatic Brain Ca? | 7/22/2009 |
Q: I am a nurse and I fear a member of my family is ill. I think she may know but is trying to keep it ...
A: It is possible but by no means sure. And without much more information it is - as you already know - ...
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| Meningoma | 7/20/2009 |
Q: I don't know if you will be able to provide me with an answer but I'll ask anyway. July 2008 I was ...
A: I have never heard of anything like this before either! But meningiomas are not my strong point. ...
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| astrocytomas grade 2 | 7/19/2009 |
Q: sir My Brother srinivas had astrocytomas grade 2 he is suffering from last jan 2009 feb 2009 docters ...
A: No malignant brain tumor is really curable. But low grade tumors like grade 1 and 2 can survive for ...
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| Severe Head/Neck pain | 7/18/2009 |
Q: I have been suffering from severe head pain on the left side of my head running down the left side ...
A: This sounds like a case of migraine or maybe Horton. But there is no evidence of any brain tumour so ...
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| GBM Level 4 | 7/17/2009 |
Q: My daughter, 29 years old. is 1 year and 6 months, 2 radiation surguries and two physical removal ...
A: Over time the patient is more and more confused and sleeps more and more. When she sleeps all the ...
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| Brain Tumors | 7/17/2009 |
Q: My mother has been suffering from recurring benign brain tumors (meningenoma) since her diagnosis in ...
A: This is a question which should be answered by a neurosurgeon (even though the radiological ...
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| another surgery or not | 7/17/2009 |
Q: my mother .Sarita Sud had multiple seizures in July '07. In September ‘07she was diagnosed with a ...
A: Unfortunately I can not find the MRI you mentioned that should be enclosed. I think such surgery ...
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| side effects of a glioblastoma tumor | 7/16/2009 |
Q: my mother is 55 and has been diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma tumor on the right hand side of ...
A: Apart from those you already have noticed she may have stroke like symptoms and even epileptic fits. ...
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| Brian Tumors | 7/15/2009 |
Q: I have a friend who has recently been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the brain. She is ...
A: Unfortunately because it is the truth. And it is useless to shield people from the truth when it ...
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| Anaplastic astrocytoma stage 4 | 7/13/2009 |
Q: This is my husbands 2nd brain tumor it was told that it is a anaplastic astrocytoma stage 4 an it ...
A: I'm sorry to read of his - and your - problems! I think it is the same tumor that has come back. I ...
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| side effects of a glioblastoma tumor | 7/12/2009 |
Q: my mother is 55 and has been diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma tumor on the right hand side of ...
A: Yes a grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme can expect to survive around 1 year with treatment. ...
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| One Shot Therapy | 7/11/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, I have an acquaintance who was recently diagnosed with a brain and lung tumor and all ...
A: It is probably a lung cancer that has spread to the brain - rather common. He is probably receiving ...
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| brain tumours | 7/10/2009 |
Q: Wrote to you last week about my brothers melanoma in the brain. He has finished his 2weeks radiation ...
A: since his melanoma has as we know already spread to his brain it may indeed also have spread to ...
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| Glioblastoma multiforme | 7/10/2009 |
Q: My mother was a healthy 35 year old woman with no previous health issues, but two weeks ago she ...
A: I suppose that what she has is a glioblastoma multiforme GRADE 4 (this kind of brain tumor does not ...
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| brain cancer | 7/9/2009 |
Q: my son is 25, about 3 yrs ago a tumor was found in his motor skills, they cut as much as they can ...
A: Over time he will become more and more confused and sleep more and more. When he sleeps all the time ...
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| cancer | 7/9/2009 |
Q: My sister n law was diagnosed with breast cancer ten yrs ago which was treated and she went into ...
A: While it is possible that they are related to her breast cancer it is probably more probable that ...
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| brain cancer | 7/9/2009 |
Q: my son is 25, about 3 yrs ago a tumor was found in his motor skills, they cut as much as they can ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! Unfortunately it is not easy to give you any ...
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| 8.5mm tumor, right frontal lobe, 33y/o male | 7/8/2009 |
Q: In Jan. and June of this year I had my first experiences with tonic-clonic seizures. The most recent ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of TREATING brain tumors but I'm not ...
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| brain tumours | 7/8/2009 |
Q: Wrote to you last week about my brothers melanoma in the brain. He has finished his 2weeks radiation ...
A: you are certainly not a nuisance in any way! I'm here to help and I did put myself here. Your ...
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| Metastatic Cancer | 7/7/2009 |
Q: My father was diagnosed last week with stage iv cancer. the primary is his lung and the cancer ...
A: It will be his brain metastases that will kill him and also give him his principal symptoms. There ...
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| Grade 3 Astrocytoma | 7/7/2009 |
Q: My friend was diagnoised with Grade 3 Astrocytoma in the cerebellum on 23 March 2009. He underwent ...
A: Unfortunately even after debulking his tumor seems to be too big for the GammaKnife. Unfortunately ...
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| Stage IV Lung Cancer With Multible Brain Mets | 7/6/2009 |
Q: My father has been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer with multiple brain mets. He has received 15 ...
A: This is something his drs. should have discussed with you! Even with radiation therapy his life ...
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| Brain Tumor? | 7/5/2009 |
Q: Well I am 13 and a girl and I constantly have headaches.I wear glasses but I don't wear them on a ...
A: without an examination I can not really tell you. You may need special glasses for the computer or ...
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| Brain tumor and tumorsin the lungs, liver and spinal cord | 7/5/2009 |
Q: My cousin recently was not feeling well he thaught he was having trouble with his neck and lower ...
A: If he has a tumor in his lungs and ALSO has tumors in his brain, liver & spine it is very probable ...
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| GlioBlastoma Multiforme | 7/5/2009 |
Q: Patient Age:85 Patient already suffers from:1)Sugar 2)Gastropherisis Currently the patient has ...
A: 1. The ordinary treatments for this are 1. Surgery, 2. Radiation therapy & 3. Chemotherapy. Usually ...
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| Low blood sugar impact on brain tumors | 7/3/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer on June 2nd. The cancer has spread to his ...
A: This treatment can at best be described as very experimental. I have no personal experience of it. ...
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| astrocytoma and pregnancy | 7/2/2009 |
Q: My son's girlfriend was diagnosed with an astrocytoma when she was 5. Most of it was removed but ...
A: I have been a senior chief medical officer of the Royal Guards Regiment (the World's oldest still ...
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| loss of appetite | 7/2/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law is in the last stages of fighting a GBM Grade IV brain tumor. She had surgery in ...
A: in this situation food is the least of her worries. A human being can be without food (not water) ...
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| double vision | 7/2/2009 |
Q: can a lession of 3.6CMx3.7CMx4.1CM in the brainstem cause ONLY a little double vision in a 6 yrs ...
A: I do understand your concern! This must be terrible for you! It is normal that the double vision ...
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| double vision | 7/1/2009 |
Q: can a lession of 3.6CMx3.7CMx4.1CM in the brainstem cause ONLY a little double vision in a 6 yrs ...
A: My French is today rather rusty due to very limited use. However after reading the report I can only ...
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| astrocytoma grade 3/4 | 7/1/2009 |
Q: I have a 16 year old brother that was diagnosed last yer 08/07/08 @ children's hospital in New ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! ALL malignant grade 3 to 4 brain tumors have at ...
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| Gbm grade III | 6/30/2009 |
Q: I’m writing to you to present the situation of Nikolaos Pouliakas my sister's husband. He was ...
A: Unfortunately the treatment results of this kind of brain tumour is the same all over the world. I ...
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| mild hyperostosis frontalis interna | 6/30/2009 |
Q: I have mild hyperostosis frontalis along with a 18x15 posterior fossa meningioma.What is this,could ...
A: They do NOT go together. Yes your meningioma may cause your headaches. The treatment of meningiomas ...
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| Brain tumor pathology report | 6/30/2009 |
Q: My husband has his first grand mal seizure on June 2nd. They found a tumor in his brain that night ...
A: neuropathology of brain tumors is hard & difficult. Often several very experienced & talented ...
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| Meningioma | 6/27/2009 |
Q: A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with a form of meningioma between the frontal and temporal ...
A: A meningioma is not really a brain tumor, it is a tumor of the lining of the brain and can appear ...
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| melanoma spread to brain | 6/25/2009 |
Q: wonder if you could make things a bit clearer for me,my brother has had melanomas removed on his ...
A: Malignant melanomas are usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy. So his ...
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| suto tumor | 6/25/2009 |
Q: what is this and how is it treated? ANSWER: There must be some mistake with the name. Please give ...
A: That is not a true brain tumor. It is indeed a kind of hydrocephalus. So it is outside my field of ...
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| Brain Tumor - Stage 4 | 6/25/2009 |
Q: My father-in law has recently had a brain tumor removed and the biopsy has come back malignant. We ...
A: Brain tumors usually do not have stages so what was meant was probably that it was a GRADE 4 tumor ...
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| what to do? | 6/24/2009 |
Q: ok my friend didn't respond to treatment of decadron to reduce brain swelling...the benign tumor ...
A: Yes that is quite possible if the tumor is too close to the optic nerves. Then unfortunately if ...
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| what to do? | 6/23/2009 |
Q: ok my friend didn't respond to treatment of decadron to reduce brain swelling...the benign tumor ...
A: Well this is not a good situation. Increased dosage may help for a time. But that is not certain and ...
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| Possible Tumor? | 6/23/2009 |
Q: I Am 23 years old, I am in good shape and I have no past history of illnesses or diseases: However, ...
A: Sorry, there was a technical problem when I first tried to answer this! So I think you received a ...
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| posterior fossa meningioma | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I have been dx. with left sided posterior fossa meningioma.It is 18 mm. in basal dimension and 15 ...
A: You are welcome! Since your tumor is 18 mm x 15 mm it is 1.8 cm x 1.5 cm in size. When are the ...
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| Parasagittal meningioma, posterior parietal | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I have been diagnosed with a 2x2x1.5 meningioma in the parietal lobe, up against the sagittal sinus ...
A: Are the measurements of your tumor that you have given me in cm or in inches? If in cm your ...
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| Child with terminal brain cancer | 6/22/2009 |
Q: My 10 yr old niece was diagnosed in May 2008 with inoperable anaplastic astrocytoma of the thalamus. ...
A: Unfortunately there is no reason to be hopeful. This may be due to a stronger than usual anti ...
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| boron neutron radiation | 6/20/2009 |
Q: I have a friend son whose had all sorts of treatment for Osteosarcoma. His doctor at MDAnderson ...
A: Well it is potentially very promising. But still rather experimental and the only places where ...
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| posterior fossa meningioma | 6/20/2009 |
Q: I have been dx. with left sided posterior fossa meningioma.It is 18 mm. in basal dimension and 15 ...
A: One inch is 25.4 mm. So 0.71 inch and 0.59 inch. Conventional radiation therapy is usually of no use ...
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| what will happen? | 6/18/2009 |
Q: a friend of mine has a benign brain tumor and she was told that surgery is not an option because of ...
A: Ok. But if you can obtain her MRI report and copy it here it would be even better. That is a VERY ...
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| brain tumor from melanoma | 6/18/2009 |
Q: My husband Bill had surgery on shoulder in Dec. of 2006 from mole-was melanoma-set appoinments every ...
A: Unfortunately it is impossible to guarantee that everything has been removed surgically. ...
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| Lipoma in Brain | 6/18/2009 |
Q: Okay, so i know a Lipome isn't a Brain Tumor, but i couldnt find a better fit category. so, i have ...
A: Neither am I since this is a somewhat irregular behavior and a very unusual case as described. ...
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| glioma | 6/16/2009 |
Q: sir my wife was diagnosed with high grade thalamic glioma a month ago, doctors have ruled out any ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! A high grade glioma has unfortunately at present ...
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| Brain Lipoma >>>many symptoms<<< | 6/16/2009 |
Q: I been suffering from Headaches since I was 7 am 33yrs old, 4yrs ago I ended at the hospital because ...
A: I'm not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon. I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with ...
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| recuring brain tumor | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I had a non-malignant recuring brain tumor removed from the right lobe of my brain in Jan. 2008. It ...
A: If it was troly beign (not malignant) then your ris should be small. Say once per year or so for ...
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| Medullablastoma Diagnosed | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I am 26 years old male. I recently had my brain surgery for brain tumor on 23rd May. My symptoms ...
A: I agree with your dr. BOTH radiation therapy (including your whole brain AND your spine since this ...
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| tumor | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I was wondering what is wrong with me? I have had two CBC test done and they have come back normal. ...
A: Well without any kind of examination it is impossible for me to tell you what this is. It is also ...
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| Swelling | 6/14/2009 |
Q: Just 2 weeks by now, my brother just got bumped and a huge lump appeared, we immediately put ice on ...
A: Kevin, this is probably a rest of a bleeding there. It may be necessary to let a surgeon check it. ...
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| brain melanoma has spread Doctor says full head radiation all that's left | 6/12/2009 |
Q: I have stage 4 melanoma in the brain and lungs. I had my first surgery to remove the big tumor they ...
A: Unfortunately in this situation the GammaKnife is hardly an option due to the number of new lesions. ...
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| strange pain and doubt of brain tumor | 6/10/2009 |
Q: sir' i just want to know what is the matter with me that for some days i am feeling a strang ...
A: Symptoms and signs of a brain tumour are often so vague and uncertain that the only sure way of ...
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| Oligodendroglioma Tumor | 6/9/2009 |
Q: I asked a question a few days ago..sorry just one more. Husband diagnosed with Oligodendroglioma ...
A: No previous treatment had nothing to do with this. It is NOT unusual for malignant brain tumors to ...
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| Secondary brain tumor from a primary lung cancer | 6/9/2009 |
Q: My Dad of 53 Has lung cancer. It could not all be removed from the chest wall, and whilst he should ...
A: Based on that he brobably only has at most a couple of monts or even a few weeks left to live. I'm ...
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| tumor on the brain | 6/9/2009 |
Q: My father had a seizure & was sent to the hospital where he went through two major surgery's which ...
A: Sorry, this is a question for a neurosurgeon or a neurologist. I'm a medical oncologist & radiation ...
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| information | 6/8/2009 |
Q: recently i am having a strong headache on my left side of my brain and i can feel the pressure ...
A: You did not mention your leg before. Still let an orthopedic surgeon check you, maybe a neurologist ...
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| melanoma on the brain | 6/7/2009 |
Q: my dad had a stroke about seven weeks ago it turned out that he had a bleed from a tumor on the ...
A: This is a rather typical way for this kind of tumor to show its presence. Over time he will become ...
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| Oligodendroglioma Tumor | 6/6/2009 |
Q: My husand was diagnosed with Oligodendroglioma tumor in right frontal lobe, Feb 2007, had surgery to ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately it is impossible to give you a more ...
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| Brain Tumour | 6/4/2009 |
Q: My relative had a grade 1 tumour over the optic nerve in 2001. The tumour has now returned. It is ...
A: The result of the surgery is too unpredictable with the limited information I have to be able to ...
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| Dont know what to do | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I just wanted to ask a second opinon before I do this but I went to the doctor and was asking ...
A: That is a hard question. Your dr. obviously needs that done to evaluate your medical situation. You ...
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| Malignant Melanoma | 6/3/2009 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with terminal melanoma in March having undergone surgery to remove a mole ...
A: Probably at most a couple of months - but it may be shorter. Malignant melanomas are usually not ...
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| Grade 4 tumour | 6/3/2009 |
Q: My brother was diagnised with having a brain tumour about a year and a half ago from an MRI. It was ...
A: How can they know that it was a grade 2-3? If it was not removed it has not been seen or evaluated ...
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| tumor in the right thalamus | 6/1/2009 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, My mother has been diagnosed with a tumor in her right thalamus. She started having ...
A: To be able to give you a good answer I do need to read her full MRI reports which can be copied ...
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| pitutary tumor? | 6/1/2009 |
Q: "for three years i have been having increasingly severe symptoms of a hormonal imbalance. i have had ...
A: Your question is actually to a large extent outside my area of expertise here and should be directed ...
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| It's symptoms of brain tumor? | 5/30/2009 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, this few day i felt suffer of headaches, it drive me crazy. usually nausea will come ...
A: Not necessarily or even probably. However without an examination it is impossible to tell you what ...
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| Survival timeframe for stage IV lung cancer | 5/30/2009 |
Q: my father in law aged 75 suffering from parkinsons was diagonised with stage IV lung cancer around ...
A: Without therapy (radiation therapy, chemotherapy) at most a few months but it may be much shorter. ...
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| Brain tumor and lung cancer | 5/26/2009 |
Q: We just found out that my father in law has lung cancer and a brain tumor. He has had the lung ...
A: If the information is correct then he would not live much longer even with treatment. Lung cancers ...
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| Astrocytoma | 5/26/2009 |
Q: My father is diagnosed with low grade astrocytoma in right frontal lobe. He is 57 years old. The ...
A: Oh, that was a hard question! How low a grade? how big is his tumor? If it is a grade 1 tumor (1 of ...
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| Metastatic Breast Cancer | 5/26/2009 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with brain metastases from breast cancer 13 months ago after exhibiting the ...
A: Once the process does start it will take only at most a couple of months or even a few weeks for it ...
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| melanoma of the brain | 5/25/2009 |
Q: In Feb of this year my husband had a reoccurrence of melanoma. he had a golf ball size tumor removed ...
A: No not really. The sad fact is that malignant melanomas usually are not very sensitive to radiation ...
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| brain tumor from malignant melanoma | 5/23/2009 |
Q: My friend had a melanoma removed from her neck 5 years ago. 4 months ago she was diagnosed with a ...
A: If it is her old malignant melanoma that has reappeared now in her brain I have unfortunately not ...
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| Astrocytom grad III | 5/23/2009 |
Q: Astrocytom grad 3 i tinninglob, 2,7 x 1,5 cm, inkapslad, bortopererad i mars-09. Man, 44 år. ...
A: Du har fattat det helt rätt. Att det är så är beklagligt men är tyvärr verkligheten. Varför det är ...
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| Astrocytom grad III | 5/23/2009 |
Q: Astrocytom grad 3 i tinninglob, 2,7 x 1,5 cm, inkapslad, bortopererad i mars-09. Man, 44 år. ...
A: Tumören är ju redan bortopererad så det finns nu ingenting för en Leksells kula (= gammakniv) att ...
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| i have like a little ball | 5/22/2009 |
Q: and my throat hurts so much so I need your help...Please answer me fast. thanks
A: Your throat I can not help you with. It is probably an infection if it hurts - so outside my area of ...
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| Astroblastoma Cancer | 5/22/2009 |
Q: My 5 1/2 year old nephew has been diagnosed this week. On Tuesday May 19, 2009 an MRI was done on ...
A: Astroblastomas are RARE tumors. To find such a tumor in the spine is also RARE! It is also not ...
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| Nephew with Stage 4 Astrocytomas Cancer | 5/21/2009 |
Q: My 25 year old nephew was recently diagnosed with Grade IV Astrocytomas Glioblastoma Multiforme, and ...
A: Many symptoms depend on the exact location of his tumor. Of that location I know nothing. General ...
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| Daughter w/3 cancerous cells in 1 brain tumor | 5/19/2009 |
Q: Our 24-yr old daughter recently underwent 2nd resection of left frontal lobe tumor. First one was ...
A: While low grade oligodendroglioma cases can live many years a high grade (anaplastic) tumor case of ...
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| Fingers crossed it'll just go away . . . | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I am a 28yo female. I have had two healthy children, ages 10 and 6 and other than the following ...
A: First of all how are your thyroid hormones (T3 & T4)? Based on your symptoms I wonder about your ...
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| % Chemotherapy treated | 5/17/2009 |
Q: Could you please let me know the approximate percentage of chemotherapy treated patients ...
A: I have been retired for 6.5 years now. So I'm out of date. But probably most of these patients. But ...
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| brain stem glioma | 5/17/2009 |
Q: My nephew who is 18 got diagnosed with a infiltrated brain stem glioma of the pons and medulla, ...
A: The location is not good. In that place it is probably inoperable. That means that only some form of ...
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| Nephew with Stage 4 Astrocytomas Cancer | 5/16/2009 |
Q: My 25 year old nephew was recently diagnosed with Grade IV Astrocytomas Glioblastoma Multiforme, and ...
A: Well, grade IV (4) malignant brain tumor cases (brain tumors normally have only grades not stages) ...
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| Stage 4 Melanoma w/metastases | 5/15/2009 |
Q: Patient is 69 years of age;diagnosed with Hypermetabolic rt. submandibular adenopathy, ...
A: Honestly speaking I see very little - if indeed any - possibilities of any therapy here at present ...
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| Percentage distribution of different histological types of brain cancer | 5/15/2009 |
Q: What would be the percentage distribution of Astrocytomas (Low grade), Anaplastic astrocytoma (Grade ...
A: I have been retired for 6.5 years after a stroke so I'm not up to date on this. Contact the cancer ...
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| brain mass | 5/13/2009 |
Q: For a 49 year old female that his a history since the age of three having a history of uncontrolled ...
A: For me to be able to answer please - if possible - let me read her full MRI report! Madame, sorry to ...
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| Coma After Meningioma brain surgery. | 5/13/2009 |
Q: My father is 68 years old, underwent a surgery to remove his left frontal lobe lemon size ...
A: A meningioma is a benign tumor of the lining of the brain, not a tumor of the brain itself. Its ...
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| what is it exactly? | 5/12/2009 |
Q: if i'm to have a brain biopsy,,what happens exactly?i mean is it like a surgery?to they put me under ...
A: It is a surgical procedure. They have to pass through your skull bones and into your brain. That can ...
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| a very strange condition | 5/11/2009 |
Q: she had a brain ct scan and did a biopsy exam and that's exactly what her report said...1-- Normal ...
A: Without a biopsy it is NOT possible to state with any certainty: 1. What this tumor is - if ...
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| gbm multiforme | 5/11/2009 |
Q: She is a smoker and does not really excersize.she is quite thin only weighing approximatley 95 ...
A: Yes unfortunately. That is why I did write "regardless of treatment...". At present no cure is ...
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| gbm multiforme | 5/11/2009 |
Q: She is a smoker and does not really excersize.she is quite thin only weighing approximatley 95 ...
A: This kind of tumor does have a very bad prognosis indeed! Regardless of treatment she has a most ...
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| headaches for 2months!! | 5/10/2009 |
Q: my problem is for the last 2 months i have been havin terible headaches.. also the left side of my ...
A: Well, without an examination it is impossible for me to tell you what it is. BUT based on your ...
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| Glioblastoma grade 4 | 5/9/2009 |
Q: My brother has a grade 4 glioblastoma ,It was found April of 2008, when he had a seizure, My ...
A: There are no sure exact answers to those questions. But ONLY his drs. should decide how much he ...
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| Odd Question.... | 5/9/2009 |
Q: I have a question for you, please. I am a HUGE fan of coloring my hair, and frequently. I've been ...
A: The causes of brain tumors are at present completely unknown but there are at present NO reasons to ...
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| Radiotherapy & Chemotherapy for Meningiomas | 5/8/2009 |
Q: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist My name is Jack and I am writing from mainland of China. My mom has done ...
A: There is an upper limit to how much radiation that can be given so it is most uncertain if any more ...
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| Percentages of Grade(I,II,III and IV) Gliomas in Sweden and Finland | 5/8/2009 |
Q: I would like to know the percentage distribution of astrocytomas (Grade I,II),Anaplastic astrocytoma ...
A: Sorry, I'm retired after a stroke 6.5 years ago and do not have that material available. However if ...
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| melanoma of the brain | 5/7/2009 |
Q: my 52yr old brother has been diagnosed with three brian tumors. one is in his nasal area. one on the ...
A: Unfortunately there are NO alternative options - in fact there are most probably no options at all ...
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| cancer | 5/5/2009 |
Q: I was summoned back home recently to face my mothers variety of different cancers. The doctors tell ...
A: Not necessarily at all. Depends on the location of her tumor in her brain. But this is something you ...
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| Brain Tumor | 5/4/2009 |
Q: I am farooq From Lahore Pakistan. My Uncle has been hospitalized and doctors diagnosed a tumor in ...
A: Unfortunately all malignant brain tumors do have a very bad prognosis regardless of therapy. NO cure ...
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| Glioma - left occipital lobe | 5/3/2009 |
Q: My 86 year old mother just had a grade III or IV glioma, probably GBM IV, removed. At this point, ...
A: Over time she will become more & more confused, may develop stroke like symptoms and even epileptic ...
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| Glioma - left occipital lobe | 5/3/2009 |
Q: My 86 year old mother just had a grade III or IV glioma, probably GBM IV, removed. At this point, ...
A: I agree in general with the evaluation given by her drs. No detailed evaluation can be given due to ...
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| Scarred Arachnoid Membrane | 5/3/2009 |
Q: While performing MVD surgery last week my neurosurgeon found severe scarring of my arachnoid ...
A: Unfortunately this is a question for a neurologist or a neurosurgeon. It is also outside my area of ...
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| Guidelines referred for cancer treatment in Sweden | 5/1/2009 |
Q: Can you please provide some insights for treatment patterns and commonly used drugs for Anaplastic ...
A: The guidelines are very standardized since the prognosis of all malignant brain tumors usually is so ...
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| CT and MRI of Brain | 5/1/2009 |
Q: History - 45 year old male in good health, BP normal, NO Diabetes etc, Blood work came back normal ...
A: No neither your CT nor your MRI brain scans indicate any brain tumor. What is shown either indicates ...
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| Metastatic Melenoma | 4/30/2009 |
Q: A few years ago my father had melanoma and completed treatment and was in remission. He continued ...
A: Since I do not know what kind of infusion therapy he is receiving I can not offer any prognosis with ...
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| Treatment options and medications used for for brain cancer | 4/30/2009 |
Q: Can you please provide some insights for treatment patterns and commonly used drugs for Anaplastic ...
A: The world over the treatment combination is 1. surgery with 2. radiation therapy & 3. chemotherapy ...
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| Grade 2-3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma | 4/29/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with a grade 2-3 AA brain tumor in June of 2005 he underwent surgery, ...
A: Unfortunately it is. There is some real difference between a grade 2 and a grade 3 brain tumor. A ...
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| Grade IV primary brain cancer | 4/29/2009 |
Q: Generally speaking, how long would a patient have to live if diagnosed with Grade IV primary brain ...
A: Grade IV (4) primary brain cancer like glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) grade IV has a very limited ...
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| life expectancy | 4/29/2009 |
Q: my husband of over 29 years is about to have his third surgery in 4 years for a grade 2 mixed ...
A: A grade II (2) glioma MAY live for several years but the grade of the tumor may deteriorate to a ...
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| MRI revealed a mass behind ear | 4/28/2009 |
Q: My wife recently had a head scan due to an automobile accident and afterwards the doctor called to ...
A: It is not automatically a cancer with that position. If it is close to her hearing/balance nerve ...
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| she is getting worse i think...breast cancer in the brain | 4/26/2009 |
Q: my wife had breast cancer eight years ago. one and a half year ago she had a tumor that was 3 to 4 ...
A: If indeed her breast cancer has spread to her brain her survival time unfortunately can be measured ...
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| Small Cell Lung Cancer with Brain Mets | 4/25/2009 |
Q: My aunt has had chemo for lung cancer year and a half ago and now has found out she has brain ...
A: Unfortunately her survival time can most probably be measured in months certainly not in years. But ...
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| Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Pineal Region | 4/25/2009 |
Q: My father had an epidermoid cyst removed from the pineal region of his brain in 2003. The tumor was ...
A: 1. Since this is an EXTREMELY uncommon type of tumor case I'm not aware of ANY statistics with ...
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| secondary brain tumors, life expectancy | 4/24/2009 |
Q: Someone I love very much was diagnosed in June last year with stage 3 breast cancer that had ...
A: She will become more and more confused, may suffer stroke like symptoms even epileptic fits. She ...
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| secondary brain tumors, life expectancy | 4/23/2009 |
Q: Someone I love very much was diagnosed in June last year with stage 3 breast cancer that had ...
A: Unfortunately the prognosis here - even with treatment including both chemotherapy and radiation ...
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| pregnancy and AA grade 3 | 3/24/2009 |
Q: I am a 29 yr. old female dx'd w/ anaplastic astrocytoma grade 3 about 9 months ago. I underwent ...
A: You have asked my personal opinion and a straight question deserves a straight and honest answer. I ...
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| brain cancer | 3/24/2009 |
Q: My younger brother has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma of the brain, stage 4. Many lesions ...
A: Malignant melanomas are usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy. That those ...
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| brain tumor | 3/24/2009 |
Q: they are much appreciated. unfortunately i am not able to provide much information about the ...
A: Most types of MALIGNANT brain tumors are eventually fatal. That is such a common outcome that it is ...
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| brain tumor | 3/23/2009 |
Q: My dad had surgery for melanoma on his back 12 years ago and has just been dx with several tumors on ...
A: There is of course a high probability that this has to do with his earlier malignant melanoma. But ...
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| brain tumor | 3/23/2009 |
Q: they are much appreciated. unfortunately i am not able to provide much information about the ...
A: Any surgery - especially of the brain - is associated with risks. How big these risks are in his ...
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| Brain tumors | 3/23/2009 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer a little over a year ago. By the time they ...
A: Unfortunately once her cancer has reached her brain her prognosis is very bad even with full ...
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| blood brain barrier | 3/20/2009 |
Q: What exactly is the blood-brain barrier?
A: Many drugs/medicines have difficulties in moving from the blood into brain tissues. That is probably ...
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| Bad headaches and many symptoms | 3/20/2009 |
Q: I have had many concusions in my past from horse and car accidents as a kid (20 years ago). The last ...
A: Yes it does. Your MRI scan indicated that maybe there was a bone lesion in your skull (something MRI ...
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| Glioblastoma - Multifocal | 3/19/2009 |
Q: My husband has been diagnosed with GBM and he now has 9 tumours picked up by the neurologist/surgeon ...
A: Yes this question is - naturally - actually rather common with GBM patients. Over time he will ...
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| lung cancer | 3/19/2009 |
Q: my mother was diagonised with advanced lung cancer no option for chemo or treatment she is 75 yrs ...
A: It is actually very common that lung cancers spread to the brain. First of all discuss this with her ...
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| Bad headaches and many symptoms | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I have had many concusions in my past from horse and car accidents as a kid (20 years ago). The last ...
A: There are actually many possibilities. Which of these it may be is unfortunately impossible to say. ...
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| 1 cm tumor in 4th ventricle | 3/19/2009 |
Q: My 33 year old son recently died from an undiagnosed brain tumor. No apparent symptoms, just the ...
A: I'm very sorry for your loss! It is possible. His tumor may have been slowly growing and benign (non ...
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| reading impairment from Glioblastoma IV | 3/17/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed on 12/4/08, had the tumor removed 12/18/08 @ Sloan Kettering and has been ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors but not a ...
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| Does an MRI ever miss a brain tumor? | 3/16/2009 |
Q: I had an MRI done in oct 2008 with and without contrast which came up negative. I was curious if ...
A: I think that with 2 negative CT scans and one negative MRI scan both with & without contrast you ...
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| MRI-EEG | 3/15/2009 |
Q: I'm male 24. Recently I had an accident & got a brain injury (internal) doc suggested me to get an ...
A: First of all masturbation is NOT dangerous in any way and NOT a threat to your health! Second, no ...
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| Cancer | 3/15/2009 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995. Since then it's spread to her bones and liver. ...
A: Yes she probably is but unfortunately this time I can not offer much hope. When it has reached the ...
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| brain tumor | 3/15/2009 |
Q: Our doctor seems hesitant to give bad news- however true it may be. My 82 yr old mother in law had ...
A: Malignant tumors like patients are individuals not identical copies/clones. So there are individual ...
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| Brain Tumor | 3/13/2009 |
Q: My wife had supratentorial parenchymal ependymoma, WHO grade II, removed in Sept 2008 and had ...
A: Just as the reports clearly state it is NOT possible to draw any firm conclusions with regards to ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade 3/4 | 3/8/2009 |
Q: My partner was diagnosed in July 2008 with an Anaplastic Astrocytoma grade 3 he had radiotherapy 5 ...
A: I'm sorry to read of his - & your - problems! His chances of regaining that ability are most ...
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| epilepsy...maybe more? | 3/6/2009 |
Q: My son is just over 2. He has had 2 episodes of seizures,resulting in fevers hrs after having them. ...
A: I'm not a neurologist. I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 3/6/2009 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with this October '07. Seizures were the sign that led to the diagnosis. ...
A: Honestly I think 3 to 5 years of survival time is somewhat optimistic. I would have said 2 to 4 ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 3/5/2009 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with this October '07. Seizures were the sign that led to the diagnosis. ...
A: So it was probably too large. Well that is uncertain. It can regrow at the same speed OR it can do ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 3/5/2009 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with this October '07. Seizures were the sign that led to the diagnosis. ...
A: I see. Well in many cases the GammaKnife/CyberKnife is not an option, but in some it is. Here it ...
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| GBN grade1V | 3/5/2009 |
Q: my best friend has recently been diagnosed with a Glioma(brain tumour)grade 4. People keep telling ...
A: Unfortunately not much if anything can be gained by previous health, age, good life etc. Malignant ...
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| Pregnancy and craniopharyngioma | 3/3/2009 |
Q: I have a craniopharyngioma. I'm 24 years old and had surgery to remove a large portion of my tumour ...
A: This is indeed uncertain territory. So if you want to be on the safe side I think you should abstain ...
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| Not sure where to file it but need help | 2/28/2009 |
Q: Ok ive been having real bad hadaches theyre not even jus my head but it feels like myt brain..Like i ...
A: Since you have had these problems for years and is only 18 years old they most probably have nothing ...
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| melanoma of the brain | 2/26/2009 |
Q: My husband had a stage 4 cutaneous melanoma 8 years ago and had 2 months of iv interferon. He had a ...
A: He is unfortunately a stage 4 malignant melanoma case. Since it has spread to his brain and it is in ...
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| Astrocytoma | 2/26/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with Astrocytoma grade II. what are the stages of this tumor what should I ...
A: Brain tumors usually do not have stages. They only have grades. A grade 2 (II) astrocytoma may live ...
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| Metastatic Melonoma | 2/25/2009 |
Q: My borther was diagnosed with this cancer in Dec.2008. He had a melonoma remove from his upper leg ...
A: If it is conventional radiation therapy that he will receive I doubt that it will be very effective ...
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| Mamaw Sue | 2/24/2009 |
Q: My Mamaw was diagnosed with cancer a year ago this past January. She was a stage four and the cancer ...
A: Since her cancer is a stage 4 and has spread to her brain her prognosis is unfortunately very bad ...
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| Metatastic melanoma, brain | 2/24/2009 |
Q: My husband started experiencing loss of cognition, loss of right-side peripheral vision (both eyes), ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems. No one can guarantee anything when a malignant ...
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| brain tumor | 2/23/2009 |
Q: My dad has just been diagnosed with brain tumors, after having some seizures, we don't really know ...
A: Since there are more than one tumor it is probable that this is not a primary brain tumor case but a ...
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| Brain Tumor | 2/23/2009 |
Q: I have been suffering from chronic headaches.. I went to my regular doctor who sent me to a ...
A: Head ache symptoms are Extremely difficult to evaluate! Mainly because they are so common! ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 2/22/2009 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with this October '07. Seizures were the sign that led to the diagnosis. ...
A: Do you have any information of the grade of her tumor? I ask because the prognosis of a brain tumor ...
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| Brain tumor in renal transplant patient | 2/21/2009 |
Q: My father in law has just had a grade 3 or 4 (waiting for pathology) tumor removed from the frontal ...
A: A grade 3 to 4 malignant brain tumor is indeed at present fatal even with full therapy (surgery, ...
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| clival chordoma | 2/19/2009 |
Q: my 87-year-old mother has a large (baseball size) chordoma in clivus, which was asymptomatic until ...
A: Chordomas are treated surgically. In cases like this by a neurosurgeon. I'm not a neurosurgeon but a ...
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| Brain Tumor | 2/18/2009 |
Q: I have been suffering from chronic headaches.. I went to my regular doctor who sent me to a ...
A: Well a neurologist should know what she is doing so probably you do not have any brain tumor. ...
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| 2 centimeter mass | 2/17/2009 |
Q: yes I just came back from the emergency room in which I had a cat scan because I have been noticing ...
A: I do not know at present if that mass really is a brain tumor or not. But I can not exclude the ...
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| GBM | 2/17/2009 |
Q: My husband ad a Pineal tumor at the age of 12 and receive Colbalt radiation for treatment. Doctors ...
A: GBM means glioblastoma multiforme but the grade must still be added. OK so it is a grade 4. In that ...
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| Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) | 2/16/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, I was wondering if you had heard about Boron neutron capture therapy to cure the brain ...
A: Ok, since you continue in English and not in Norwegian I too will continue in English. Your ...
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| melanoma spread to brain | 2/16/2009 |
Q: My 57 year old brother was diagnosed with melanoma 18 months ago. He had the mole from his back ...
A: Malignant melanomas are usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy. Some ...
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| GBM | 2/16/2009 |
Q: My husband ad a Pineal tumor at the age of 12 and receive Colbalt radiation for treatment. Doctors ...
A: There are NO known causes for malignant brain tumors so we can actually not be sure that his GBM was ...
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| Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) | 2/15/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, I was wondering if you had heard about Boron neutron capture therapy to cure the brain ...
A: You can write to me in Danish or Norwegian. I have no problems with either language and of course ...
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| cerebral aneurysm and tumour | 2/14/2009 |
Q: my friend was diagnosed this week as having a small aneurysm and a tumor on the left side of her ...
A: If you can supply me with her FULL CT & MRI & angiography reports - you can copy them here - I can ...
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| Brain "Mass" | 2/12/2009 |
Q: My mother was admitted to the hospital yesterday after suffering a seizure. she was not responsive ...
A: 1. Yes it is. 2. The important thing here is what KIND of tumor it is. If a benign (non cancerous) ...
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| brain stem glioma | 2/12/2009 |
Q: not cure so please suggest me is any possible to cure this decease i am really thank S to you please ...
A: Unfortunately no one can tell you how well radiation therapy will work in his case. But since this ...
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| thalamus tumors | 2/11/2009 |
Q: i have 2 tumors in my thalamus,one is 2.4mm the second is 2.8mm and they are belived to be a grade 2 ...
A: With that location surgery is probably NOT an option. But radiological treatment with the so called ...
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| stage 2 astrocytoma | 2/11/2009 |
Q: My sister was given the news that my 14 yr. old nephew has a grade 2 astrocytoma. While we all are ...
A: In the long run they are especially as they MAY change grade over time - to a higher one. It is most ...
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| DECT 6.0 | 2/10/2009 |
Q: I wanted to ask about concerns I had with regards to radiation and these new DECT 6.0 cordless ...
A: Cordless phones & mobile (cell) phones put out radio signals. So the radiation from such devices is ...
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| nutrition and brain cancer | 2/9/2009 |
Q: About 30 years ago the pharmaceutical industry lobbied the F.D.A. in the U.S. to prevent the sale of ...
A: Sorry, it has not been proved at all! If it had NO ONE would be able to stop it from being used! ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma Recurrence | 2/9/2009 |
Q: My Cousin was diagnozed with Anaplastic Astrocytoma in the right side of his brain and this was ...
A: A cyberknife is able to deliver a much higher dose at a higher rate than conventional radiation ...
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| grade 2 astrocytoma | 2/9/2009 |
Q: My friends daughter is 19 yrs old. She found out she had a tumour about 6 months ago. She had a ...
A: Malignant brain tumors are graded 1 to 4 with increasing malignancy with increasing numbers so grade ...
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| black spots MRI | 2/9/2009 |
Q: 2 neurologists told me that I did not have MS based on their officce tests. An MRI now shows 2 small ...
A: I do not know. It does not sound like a brain tumor anyway so this is outside my area of expertise. ...
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| Metastatic Breast cancer in brain | 2/4/2009 |
Q: my mother is 63, had lumpectomy on her left breast 4 years ago followed by radiation. In october of ...
A: If her cancer has NOT spread to her brain it MAY be possible to control her cancer at least for some ...
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| Brain tumor | 1/31/2009 |
Q: Tumor type suspected by patients neuro surgeon is Ependymoma or central neurocytoma and located in ...
A: I do agree with the neurosurgeon. Without any biopsy it is not known what kind of tumor the patient ...
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| glioblastoma-residual tumor? | 1/28/2009 |
Q: My 25 yr. old son had a grade 4 tumor removed and radiation/chemo treatment 4 yrs. ago. All ...
A: I will not say that this is impossible BUT it is indeed MOST UNUSUAL! So I think his original tumor ...
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| 23 Year Old w/ Level 3 Tumor | 1/26/2009 |
Q: I had the tumor removed in a very successful surgery but the doctors say there may still be pieces ...
A: The prognosis of a brain tumor is linked to its GRADE (what you here call level). The higher the ...
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| Abnormal CT of Head | 1/26/2009 |
Q: Recently my alcoholic brother had two seizures and the CT scan showed a area of HAZE was how it was ...
A: Epileptic symptoms are not unusual in alcoholics. Since a CT scan was not conclusive (not unusual) ...
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| pituitary brain tumour/cyst | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I am having tests for a pituitary brain macroadenoma or cyst - they are not sure which it is as yet ...
A: I'm a Swede, a Swedish medical doctor living in Sweden. So I have no idea how your insurance ...
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| brain cancer | 1/25/2009 |
Q: My son in law age 38 was diagnosed 13 months ago with stage 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. Had four ...
A: Unfortunately they are probably both. They are probably epileptic in nature to some extent BUT they ...
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| tumors on thalamus | 1/24/2009 |
Q: My friend has "4 separate enhancing mass legions the largest is 3 cm involving the right ventral ...
A: Both tumors and patients are individuals not identical copies/clones. So to predict both survival ...
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| tumors on thalamus | 1/23/2009 |
Q: My friend has "4 separate enhancing mass legions the largest is 3 cm involving the right ventral ...
A: The GammaKnife is in this case probably a PALLIATIVE option NOT a CURATIVE one! Since they are ...
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| Brain Metastis | 1/22/2009 |
Q: My Mother-in-law was diagnosed with rectal cancer 2 years ago. She now has lung and brain metastics. ...
A: You call hospice right away because you may need help at any time! If her brain is involved her ...
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| anaplistic astrocytoma | 1/22/2009 |
Q: My mother was just diagnosed with an anaplastic astrosytoma about the size of a quarter they removed ...
A: Her survival time will probably be around one year or somewhat longer. She may develop stroke like ...
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| Brain tumor | 1/20/2009 |
Q: My now 13 years old son had a seizer 1.5 years ago. MIR showed a lesion in his right front lobe. ...
A: If his MRI scans have not shown any growth or change and the last one was very recent there is no ...
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| Melonoma | 1/20/2009 |
Q: My bother has metastatic melonoma throughtout his lymph nodes(lungs,liver) He is in severe pain even ...
A: I have not much information here to go on. However his melanoma seems to be widely spread. His ...
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| scar tissue | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I had a mengioma removed in april of 02, it was on the right side of my head and ear. I had the ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating (mainly ...
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| Astrocytoma Brain Tumor | 1/19/2009 |
Q: In 2002 my husband was diagnosed with an astrocytoma brain tumor....they couldnt do surgery due to ...
A: Unfortunately there are no other options at present. For brain tumors at present only surgery. ...
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| meningioma - 6 weeks post resection | 1/19/2009 |
Q: My wife Nadine had a satsuma sized benign meningioma resected from her frontal lobe. After surgery ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors but I'm NOT ...
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| mets brain melanoma | 1/18/2009 |
Q: In 2001 I noticed a small black dot on my sister's left arm, she went to the dermatologist to have ...
A: It is possible that her immune system may have played a role but a lime sized tumor must have been ...
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| mets brain melanoma | 1/17/2009 |
Q: In 2001 I noticed a small black dot on my sister's left arm, she went to the dermatologist to have ...
A: Well we can always hope that this was a single lesion, now removed. Though unfortunately bitter ...
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| brain tumer | 1/14/2009 |
Q: 7 cm on the left side of her brain from the back of her head the DR said that its the size of a ...
A: Depends on what KIND of tumor it is. If benign it is probably not dangerous and its size would in ...
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| grade 2 glioma brain tumor | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I have a 26 yr old with the above brain tumor. It recently has started growing and she is taking ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors, not a ...
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| GBM stage IV | 1/11/2009 |
Q: This past year has been a nightmare as well as a puzzle where the pieces just do not fit. Having a ...
A: Why are you writing "them" & "they" all the time but ONE (1) tumor? Are we not discussing ONE (1) ...
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| brain tumor | 1/10/2009 |
Q: i have a question for my mother.shes 63 yrs old,2 yrs ago she had a double mastectomy when diagnosed ...
A: Radiation therapy of her brain can be tried as can high intensity radiation therapy (with the so ...
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| MALIGNANT MELANOMA | 1/8/2009 |
Q: WHAT EXACTLY IS IMMUNOTHEARPHY
A: Methods to strengthen the body's own immune system and trigger it so that it will attack cells of ...
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| melanoma cancer....brain, lung, lymph glands | 1/8/2009 |
Q: My father has just been diagnosed with melanoma cancer. They are using radiation on his brain to ...
A: Has it been established that his malignant melanoma has indeed spread to his brain? If so his ...
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| brain tumor | 1/7/2009 |
Q: My ex boyfriend (and now friend) has just been diagnosed with 3rd grade tumor, when i asked him when ...
A: It may well be that his tumor is close to the center of his brain and surgery may then be impossible ...
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| brain tumor | 1/6/2009 |
Q: My ex boyfriend (and now friend) has just been diagnosed with 3rd grade tumor, when i asked him when ...
A: Well it is his tumor, his life, his body, his health, his illness, his future and - yes indeed - his ...
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| Stage 4 GBM | 1/4/2009 |
Q: Your candor is refreshing and I appreciate the honesty you operate with. I have an 83 year old ...
A: It may be some kind of epileptic variation. Epileptic fits are not unkommon with brain tumors or ...
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| brain cancer | 1/3/2009 |
Q: my grandfather has just found out he's got brain cancer 70% of it is there . now we've waiting to ...
A: Primary brain tumors only very rarely spread outside the central nervous system. However any cancer ...
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| GBM | 12/31/2008 |
Q: What is it like to die from a GBM? What usually happens to the person? Does it depend on where the ...
A: I think you should discuss his case with his neurosurgeon in a very open & frank way. If this new ...
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| GBM | 12/30/2008 |
Q: What is it like to die from a GBM? What usually happens to the person? Does it depend on where the ...
A: To some extent yes but the general effects tend to dominate. The patient gets more and more confused ...
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| grade 4 astrocytoma | 12/30/2008 |
Q: My father had a seizure in September, and we were told it there were 3 grade 2 amost grade 3 ...
A: That usually depends on the actual grade. A grade 4 develops faster than a grade 3 etc. A grade 4 ...
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| Brain Cancer | 12/30/2008 |
Q: My father went into the hospital about three months ago for what we thought was a stroke, but after ...
A: Unfortunately this is the beginning of the end. He will become more and more confused, may show ...
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| Pineal Gland Cyst | 12/30/2008 |
Q: Last year I have been diagnosed with the pineal gland cyst 10mm 14mm 16mm I am really confused as I ...
A: I'm not a neurosurgeon but a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating ...
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| Brain Tumor | 12/29/2008 |
Q: A friend of mine recently had his Brain tumor removed and results indicated that the tumor was ...
A: It means that his brain tumor behaves like a cancer - even if strictly speaking it is something else ...
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| GBM IV | 12/27/2008 |
Q: My father was just diagnosed with GBM IV in his right parietal lobe. He had surgery on 12/23 to ...
A: No. They can originate more or less anywhere in the brain. But brain tumor pathology is hard and ...
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| Brain MRI on 13 year old | 12/22/2008 |
Q: My son is OCD and had a brain MRI which the doctor said was clear. It appears to me that there are ...
A: Well whatever this is it is not signs of any brain tumor. And my field of expertise here is STRICTLY ...
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| is it a tumor?? | 12/18/2008 |
Q: I've been experiencing pain inside if my left ear, and then the pain moved to my brain, near my ...
A: Not necessarily. There are several possible causes for this. Impossible to get any further without ...
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| suto tumors | 12/18/2008 |
Q: is there any way you can give me any info on suto tumors i have been told by my DR that i have one ...
A: So what you have is a kind of brain tumor. But you must have misunderstood its name somehow because ...
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| suto tumors | 12/18/2008 |
Q: is there any way you can give me any info on suto tumors i have been told by my DR that i have one ...
A: You must have misunderstood/misinterpreted the name. I know of no suto tumor. Do you mean in situ ...
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| GBM IV | 12/17/2008 |
Q: My husband was dx 02/2007 had surgery to remove 4cm tumor from right frontal lobe. He took ...
A: Your description of his case makes me doubt that the original diagnosis was correct. Brain tumor ...
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| Hi Info please | 12/15/2008 |
Q: she has been diagnosed with mestatic melonoma stage 4 in july 2008, its now december 2008.. the ...
A: The size of her brain mets makes it possible to treat them with the so called GammaKnife. ...
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| brain tumor ? | 12/15/2008 |
Q: I'm a 29 old and have pain only in the left side of the body, and realize there are several diseases ...
A: Honestly these are very interesting neurological symptoms! I do hope you do not mind me saying so. ...
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| Brain Tumor? | 12/14/2008 |
Q: I have a friend thats had 5 seizures in the past 2.5 years, only one has happened while being on ...
A: Any new epilepsy case SHOULD be investigated with BOTH EEG AND MRI brain scans (better than CT scans ...
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| MRI and Migraines | 12/14/2008 |
Q: I went to my family doctor in August 2007 for headaches, was given an MRI w and w/o contrast and ...
A: Are your present problems so similar to those of 2007 that you so to speak recognize them? You seem ...
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| treatment of breast CA mets in brain | 12/13/2008 |
Q: I'm 56. Surgery/lumpecty/L lymph node dissection/1 positive node 5 cm. diameter. Clear margins. IDC ...
A: Your brain tumors can mostly be treated with the GammaKnife too. The one that can not be reached ...
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| son age seven | 12/12/2008 |
Q: Dr my son has a glioma tumor on the left ( the thalamus) I live in El Paso, Tx I was told that they ...
A: In that location surgery is hardly an option. If it is a low grade it is probably growing slowly. ...
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| Brain tumor spread in left portion of brain | 12/11/2008 |
Q: . This is naveen. Yesterday, my mom undergone surgery for brain tumor. We have been told that, ...
A: If it has been sent for biopsy - that is for examination by a pathologist - that indicates that it ...
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| MRI of brain | 12/11/2008 |
Q: my son was in Iraq and hit and IED and was blown back and forth. He has PTSD and just had a MRI and ...
A: That is quite possible. It can be what in French is called a "coup et contrecoup" phenomenon (= a ...
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| Pain on left side of brain | 12/10/2008 |
Q: My husband all of a sudden developed this intense pain at the back of his head on the left side,for ...
A: It seems to me his dr. has his priorities turned upside down since in this situation a CT or MRI ...
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| Concern | 12/10/2008 |
Q: I am Sinya I am 21 yrs old and just email because bit concern about my health and I want to know ...
A: I suppose you meant a neurologist. Neurosurgeons do not concern themselves with migraine but ...
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| Brain Tumor at 16 | 12/9/2008 |
Q: Im 16 and had a brain tumor removed recently. The diagnosis was confused between an ependymoma ...
A: Are you able to provide me with the pathology report of your tumor? If you have access to it you can ...
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| Stage 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme | 12/8/2008 |
Q: my sister (54yr)was just diagnosed with stage 4 - prepping to start chemo - please tell me what I ...
A: She most probably has a glioblastoma multiforme GRADE 4. Right? Since brain tumors very rarely have ...
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| epidermoid cyst | 12/8/2008 |
Q: my mom has been found with bilateral occipital ?epidermoid(they are not sure) lesion ,few months ...
A: Repeated MRI scans are just a safety measure. This will not happen over night. And since these ARE ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma | 12/7/2008 |
Q: I had a siezure in my sleep - my wife called 911 and they took me to hospital and found a tumor in ...
A: Well you have asked a straight question and that surely deserves a straight answer. Your tumor was a ...
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| epidermoid cyst | 12/7/2008 |
Q: my mom has been found with bilateral occipital ?epidermoid(they are not sure) lesion ,few months ...
A: Yes it would. Her dr. may not even know that it is available in Delhi. Oh that depends. If her ...
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| brain tumor | 12/7/2008 |
Q: If you are in stage four with a brain tumor and the tumor are now spreading to your spine, what can ...
A: Brain tumors normally (with a few exceptions) do not have stages. But they do have GRADES. The ...
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| epidermoid cyst | 12/6/2008 |
Q: my mom has been found with bilateral occipital ?epidermoid(they are not sure) lesion ,few months ...
A: Yes it is quite possible that no treatment is necessary! Her drs. who have all available information ...
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| Brain tumour | 12/6/2008 |
Q: Sir,for last few days i am having a headache which is not severe in nature but remains almost all ...
A: If a rather recent CT scan was negative it is far less likely that you now have a brain tumor ...
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| epidermoid cyst | 12/5/2008 |
Q: my mom has been found with bilateral occipital ?epidermoid(they are not sure) lesion ,few months ...
A: I do not know if gamma knife treatment is possible in her case. That depends very much on the size ...
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| Scar tissue | 12/4/2008 |
Q: My daughter had a astrocytoma removed in Feb. 2006 It was a benign tumor that was diagnosed by her ...
A: This is beyond my expertise! I'm not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon but a medical oncologist and ...
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| Chronic microvascular ischemic disease | 12/3/2008 |
Q: a member of my family as recently been diagnosed with Chronic microvascular ischemic disease , they ...
A: I'm strictly a tumor dr. here since I'm not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon but a medical oncologist ...
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| headaches | 12/2/2008 |
Q: I am a 20 year old female and healthy. I do, however, suffer from anxiety. I began getting headaches ...
A: Well your problems do seem to be associated with your neck and not with any brain tumor! In fact I ...
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| Cancer treatment Drug Aviston | 12/1/2008 |
Q: I'd like to find out if this drug is suitable for the treatment of liver cancer. My brother is ...
A: Ok, so it was - as I suspected - a melanoma that started in his eye but has spread to at least his ...
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| 6 year with stable retinoblastoma, but a host of other symptoms | 11/30/2008 |
Q: My daughter was diagnosed. at 18 months with bi-lateral retinoblastoma, and after the intital ...
A: I doubt that it has to do with her pineal cyst but I do not know. At this stage no one does. We will ...
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| Glioblastoma | 11/30/2008 |
Q: My 61 year old husband was diagnosed Aug 2008 with Gliobastoma Multiforme, Grade IV. He had a total ...
A: ALL brain tumor patients of this kind do show some symptoms after treatment. Brains are harmed by ...
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| GBM stage 4 and Pain Killers | 11/29/2008 |
Q: My friend was diagnosed with GBM STAGE 4 in May of 2007. They removed 95% of the tumor, and did the ...
A: Brain tumor patients usually and normally do sleep a lot and more and more as the tumor progresses. ...
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| Sudden disability and dementia after WBR | 11/29/2008 |
Q: My mother is 72, and had a primary CNS tumor which metastisized. Most of the tumor was removed, and ...
A: It is not wrong to ask a neurologist to check her. The neurologist must then decide what further ...
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| Cushion's disease / Nelson's Disease | 11/29/2008 |
Q: My wife since the age of 14 (now 33) has had Cushion's disease. The first instance the tumor was ...
A: It is? Well it seems to behave in a rather malignant way and conventional radiation therapy is ...
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| Sudden disability and dementia after WBR | 11/29/2008 |
Q: My mother is 72, and had a primary CNS tumor which metastisized. Most of the tumor was removed, and ...
A: Even if no cancer can be seen at present it has most probably damaged her brain and is probably ...
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| Cushion's disease / Nelson's Disease | 11/28/2008 |
Q: My wife since the age of 14 (now 33) has had Cushion's disease. The first instance the tumor was ...
A: This is not a good situation. A tumor with this behaviour and where radiation therapy is planned may ...
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| Cancer treatment Drug Aviston | 11/28/2008 |
Q: I'd like to find out if this drug is suitable for the treatment of liver cancer. My brother is ...
A: I do not know if Aviston is available in France and if so under what name - I'm a Swede living in ...
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| Glibloastoma Grade IV reoccuring | 11/24/2008 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed in Feb of 2004 with a GBM grade IV. She had surgery radiation and chemo. She ...
A: Actually she has so far responded much better to her treatment than expected so my estimates and ...
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| Brain Tumor | 11/21/2008 |
Q: Is a Brain Tumor always diagnosed as cancer? I came across one of your answers that caught me ~ You ...
A: A malignant primary brain tumor (originating in the brain) behaves in most ways like a cancer but ...
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| Benign brain tumor | 11/21/2008 |
Q: If you have a patient with a benign tumor that fills up what would be the third ventricle. How ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors - mostly ...
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| metastasized melanoma | 11/16/2008 |
Q: I wrote to you a while ago concerning my daughter, who had surgery to remove a brain ...
A: Radiation therapy of the spine is MUCH less troublesome than of the brain so she should NOT compare ...
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| My friend's new diagnosis | 11/15/2008 |
Q: My very close friend has been diagnosed with glioblastoma multiform grade IV astrocytoma. She had a ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your friend's situation! ALL GBM grade IV tumors are fatal regardless of ...
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| brain tumor | 11/15/2008 |
Q: my 56 year old brother has stage 4 brain cancer. it has metastasized into his brain stem,lung (left ...
A: He will become more and more confused. There may be stroke like symptoms and even epileptic fits. He ...
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| bone in the brain | 11/13/2008 |
Q: doctor, My uncle has been suffering from headaches for as long as I can remember, and they have ...
A: Well I have not heard of this either. But this is not really a tumor question and I'm strictly a ...
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| Stage IV Melanoma | 11/13/2008 |
Q: My best friend was diagnosed this spring with Stage IV Melanoma. He is in a Clinical Trial of ...
A: I always try to be honest here! Unfortunately he has a stage 4 (worst) malignant melanoma that now ...
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| Acusticus Neurinom | 11/12/2008 |
Q: My friend (30, male) had 3.8cm acoustic tumor removed, during the operation they found that part of ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors NOT a ...
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| Astrocytoma | 11/12/2008 |
Q: Nordquist~ You have helped me in the past, so I am coming back for more help. My father who has a ...
A: All these brain tumors are eventually fatal regardless of therapy. I too do not know if this will ...
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| neuroendoctrine brain tumor | 11/10/2008 |
Q: my mother, 68 years old, had carcinoma cancer removed from her nose and eye area in spring of 07 in ...
A: Unfortunately I think that it is more probable that the first prediction is correct. Only time will ...
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| melanoma brain metasisis | 11/9/2008 |
Q: MY SISTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON HER LEG 2 YRS AGO, IT WAS REMOVED. JUST RECENTLY SHE WAS ...
A: Please see my previous answer. There MAY be a somewhat prolonged survival but probably not by much, ...
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| glioblastoma of parietal lobe | 11/8/2008 |
Q: if glioblastoma of brain is detected in earlier stage is it curable? it is malignant,inspite of best ...
A: There is NO clinical or scientific evidence whatsoever that any homeopathic medicine is of any value ...
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| End Stage Glioblastoma Multiforme | 11/7/2008 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme. She has received her life time dose of ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Unfortunately she has at MOST just a few months left ...
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| malignant melanoma | 11/6/2008 |
Q: regarding a 22 year reoccurence of malignant melanoma that has metastasized to the gallbladder, lung ...
A: It is based on that it is a malignant melanoma that has spread. Yes the kind of treatment he has ...
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| Brain Tumor | 11/4/2008 |
Q: Been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and it is malignant. Shown stroke like symptoms and ...
A: You have asked me a straight question and that deserves a straight answer even if that means bad ...
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| DNET | 11/3/2008 |
Q: My daughter at age 12 had a DNET tumor removed.It was benign. Now at age 20 the neurologist still ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is NOT my first language! Why are Americans so fond of ...
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| Brain Tumor or Brain Lesion | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I have had NHL for 4yrs. finally being in remssion for 1 full yr.In March I was told I have brain ...
A: A lesion can be ANYTHING from a result of a stroke to a tumor. So the word does not tell me much ...
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| brain necrosis | 11/2/2008 |
Q: My husband was dx with anaplastic astrocytoma in Feb. 05. The tumor was fully resected, followed by ...
A: This was a very hard question and should probably be directed to a neurologist (I'm a medical ...
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| astrocytoma grade2 | 11/1/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with a grade 2 diffuse infiltrating grade 2 astrocytoma tumor of the left ...
A: He still MAY be able to live for years but it is quite uncertain and I can unfortunately not promise ...
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| Butterfly Glioma | 10/30/2008 |
Q: With a diagnosis of a 5cm high-graded glial neoplasm centered on the rostrum of the corpus callosum ...
A: In both cases the tumor is fatal. Radiation and chemo can prolong survival and temporarily relieve ...
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| Corpus Callosum Lipoma | 10/29/2008 |
Q: My 5 month old daughter had a sedated CT scan of the brain to see if there were any calcifications ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors but I'm not ...
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| Glioblastoma | 10/26/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with GBM and had surgery 6/9/08 removing 98% He has had the radiation and ...
A: Well, unfortunately his remaining survival time can probably be measured in months and most probably ...
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| Pain & Pressure in Post op surgical area | 10/25/2008 |
Q: I have had pain and pressure in my face and hardware area of the forehead and hairline where I have ...
A: There may be some problems with the healing of nerves in the surgical area. However I'm a medical ...
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| brain mass | 10/23/2008 |
Q: My brother has MRI done. Result sent to him with finding of mass lesion in right basal ganglia, 2.8 ...
A: Your brother seems unfortunately to have a brain tumor. The location of his lesion is not good from ...
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| Grade 3 malignant astrocytoma | 10/22/2008 |
Q: i Have recently been diagnosed with a grade 3 malignant astrocytoma tumor. the docotr said it was ...
A: The only way to increase your survival time is by a combination of surgery, radiation therapy & ...
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| Astrocytoma grade 2 | 10/22/2008 |
Q: My mom has a grade 2 astrocytoma and has finished 32 rounds of radiation last aug (2007). She had an ...
A: If her astrocytoma is indeed a grade 2 tumour it should grow quite slowly so there should be no ...
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| what stage of cancer does it seem? | 10/22/2008 |
Q: the question is about a person aged 35 who has brain tumour for the last 4 years. and at that time ...
A: Brain tumours very rarely have stages so normally they do not have them. A brain tumour that has ...
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| choroidal melanoma metastatic disease | 10/22/2008 |
Q: I do not have mets yet. My tumor was small 2.2 in height and 7.9mm in height and 6mm in width. I had ...
A: Proton beams are actually quite effective & efficient and may be reason enough for the rapid ...
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| mass in brain | 10/21/2008 |
Q: A couple weeks ago my mom had a couple of cesars. When she was in the hospital they ran a Cat scan ...
A: The most probable thing is some kind of tumor. If cancerous or not can not be determined based on ...
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| grade 3 cancer | 10/20/2008 |
Q: my mother has been diagonised with grade 3 brain cancer anaplastic astrocytoma she had a bioposy ...
A: Oh, that was a hard question! If it was my mother I would probably arrange for her to have radiation ...
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| NSCLC with Brain mets | 10/20/2008 |
Q: My wife was diagnouised 9/4/07 with nsclc with brain mets brain tumor was removed via surgery then ...
A: Well based on experience - but that may change with therapy progress - her brain metastases will ...
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| Time won't stop | 10/19/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed in June with Glioblastoma multiforme State IV. He's done the ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors but NOT a ...
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| Brain lesions | 10/18/2008 |
Q: A good friend of mine was found to have a small spot on his lung and 15 lesions on his brain. He ...
A: He may show stroke like symptoms. There will probably be more epileptic fits (less likely if he is ...
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| Brain lesions | 10/18/2008 |
Q: A good friend of mine was found to have a small spot on his lung and 15 lesions on his brain. He ...
A: Even if his spots are small his survival time can in this situation probably be measured in months ...
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| redness of eye | 10/17/2008 |
Q: My dad's eye is red and is hurting him, he also feels pressure on his eye. He went to the eye doctor ...
A: Well if indeed an eye dr. has said that there must be some reason for that opinion. I can think of ...
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| glioblastoma | 10/17/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, Thank you for your recent feedback regarding my father's glioblastoma diagnosis. I have ...
A: Well this result does not permit much analysis, since there are few facts - hardly any - to base ...
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| Brain Aneurysm | 10/16/2008 |
Q: My brother experienced a sudden severe headache & his left arm went numb. He went to the ER & his ...
A: This is probably an aneurysmal bleeding, so outside my area of expertise here (only brain tumors). I ...
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| melanoma, brain tumor | 10/15/2008 |
Q: what is the average survival of a patient of metastasized melanoma once he experiences the first ...
A: There is quite an individual spread of the survival times if a melanoma has spread to the brain. The ...
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| GBM | 10/15/2008 |
Q: When a patient is diagnoses with a primary brain tumor of a grade 4 is it common for them to appear ...
A: After treatment (surgery, radiation therapy & chemotherapy) there is usually a temporary ...
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| glioblastoma | 10/15/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I hope you are doing fine. Further to our previous correspondence regarding the brain ...
A: I'm not sure either why his condition is so bad without any obvious tumor present. Were his ...
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| gbm grade 4 | 10/15/2008 |
Q: my father has confirmed gbm grade 4, by md anderson, has under gone surgery and about 95% of tumor ...
A: Radiation therapy and chemo therapy will prolong his survival time but no cure is at present ...
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| my brain tumor | 10/13/2008 |
Q: I'm a 24 year old male and have been living with a glioblastoma stage 4 tumor for over a year now. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! You will probably sleep more and more, there may also be ...
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| GBM grade 4 | 10/13/2008 |
Q: My husband 61 years old was diagnosed with gbm brain tumor this past June 2008, He had the tumor ...
A: Unfortunately probably not. Glioblastoma multiforme is a brain tumor with an extremely bad ...
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| GBM | 10/11/2008 |
Q: The father of a friend at work has been diagnosed with GBM,not sure what stage,and has declined all ...
A: Interesting! This is still a very experimental treatment though - which is admitted even in the ...
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| Oli-astrocytoma Grade 3 | 10/10/2008 |
Q: My son, age 44, has been diagnosed with Oliastrocytoma Grade 111 as well as a Meningioma December, ...
A: Radar and radio waves have millimeter to meter wavelengths (your microwave oven is in the centimeter ...
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| Final stages of brain cancer | 10/9/2008 |
Q: On March 5th of this year, my father was diagnosed with an astrocytoma on the right frontal lobe ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 is a type of tumor ...
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| Headaches and Brain Tumors | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I have a history of migraine headaches and lately I have started to see lights flashing in my eyes ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist (a cancer dr.) with experience of treating brain ...
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| Brain Mass | 10/8/2008 |
Q: My 34 year old husband has been experiencing "sharp" headache pains and left hearing loss. He also ...
A: If it is an acousticus neurinoma it has originated from the 8'th cranial nerve (the hearing and ...
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| Spots on brain scan | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I get this funny pressure in the back of my head(feels like a head rush at times),lower neck and ...
A: Let a neurologist check you! SORRY! BUT according to your own question what you have (those spots) ...
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| Cavernoma | 10/1/2008 |
Q: Yes I was wanting to know more about cavernoma. My son has Medulloblastoma that was cancerous had ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors but not a ...
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| brain tumor grade4 | 9/26/2008 |
Q: my brother-in-law was diagnosed with a grade 4 inoperetable brain tumor early this year.He underwent ...
A: No not really, the important thing here is your information that he sleeps 16 hours out of 24 ...
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| reocurring tumor ""lille hjerne"" | 9/26/2008 |
Q: My Partner 43yr old male, had an initial tumor removed approx 7yrs ago. because of the severity of ...
A: Dere kan meget godt skrive paa dansk. Jeg aer svensk og kan godt laese dansk! But since you have ...
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| brain tumor grade4 | 9/25/2008 |
Q: my brother-in-law was diagnosed with a grade 4 inoperetable brain tumor early this year.He underwent ...
A: The stomach size (like his peeing) is just a side effect of his general situation. The important ...
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| Is it a brain tumor ? | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I am 24 years old and consider myself fairly healthy. About a year and a half or so ago, I started ...
A: If there had been a tumor giving these symptoms it should have shown up on your CT scan. An MRI scan ...
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| grade 4 brain tumors | 9/23/2008 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with a inoperable grade 4 tumor in may this year.she has been undergoing ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Unfortunately she will become more and more confused, ...
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| glioblastoma brrain tumor | 9/23/2008 |
Q: my dad was taking the steroid decadron until the doctors cut back to once a day. He became very ...
A: Well, I normally do not answer detailed questions with regards to medication here since that is the ...
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| Brain Tumor | 9/23/2008 |
Q: My wife had brain surgery to remove a tumor and cyst on her right side of her head above the temple ...
A: Frozen section diagnosis is LESS certain than paraffin embedded specimens in diagnosis! But brain ...
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| Brain Tumor | 9/22/2008 |
Q: My wife had brain surgery to remove a tumor and cyst on her right side of her head above the temple ...
A: The tumor & treatment volume is too big - at present (improvements may be on the way) - for ...
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| level 4 Glioblastoma | 9/22/2008 |
Q: I've very recently been diagnosed with a level 4 glioblastoma. Due to it's location, very close to ...
A: I'm sorry about your situation! You will become more and more confused. There may be stroke like ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme stage 4 | 9/21/2008 |
Q: my granddaughter is 3 months old & had 80% of this tumor removed 2 weeks ago, the size is 2" in the ...
A: I answered a more or less identical question earlier today. Same patient? All glioblastoma ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 9/21/2008 |
Q: I want to know what treatment can be given to a child of 3 months who has had the surgery to remove ...
A: Just by knowing the diagnosis, glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 I have unfortunately to tell you that ...
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| is this the end | 9/20/2008 |
Q: my uncle was told 3months ago that he has 7tumors on the brain that were inoperable. he has had ...
A: Probably he has a cancer somewhere else that has spread to his brain. Based on your description he ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 9/20/2008 |
Q: I want to know what treatment can be given to a child of 3 months who has had the surgery to remove ...
A: to evaluate this I need a LOT more information. What kind of tumor? Its grade? Exact location & ...
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| Brain cancer | 9/20/2008 |
Q: my question is, my brother who will be 66 in Oct has had lung cancer in both lungs, it is now in the ...
A: No unfortunately nothing can be done. Well you can give radiation therapy but that will just slow ...
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| need help | 9/17/2008 |
Q: We are authors seeking advice on medical matters for an upcoming novel. If you can help you would be ...
A: First of all I'm a Swede, living in Sweden and my entire professional career - I'm now fully retired ...
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| Congeital cyst (brain) | 9/17/2008 |
Q: After a bad head injury in 2000 I started having seizures, after doing some EEGs and a cat scan they ...
A: Sir, I'm a Swede living in Sweden. I'm retired since almost 6 years after a stroke that left me ...
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| brain tumors | 9/17/2008 |
Q: A man I recently started working with claims to have had an inoperable brain tumor for the past 7 ...
A: Depends on what kind of tumor it is. It can hardly be a really malignant brain tumor. If that had ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma grade 3 | 9/15/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed in march with a grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. We were told it was ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! The fact that he sleeps a lot tells me unfortunately ...
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| Want to know about brain tumor | 9/14/2008 |
Q: I'm Hrishita Deo from Katmandu,the capital city of Nepal.I study here in high school in 11.I usually ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of TREATING brain tumours. I'm NOT a ...
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| GMB Grade 4 Astro (something) | 9/11/2008 |
Q: My dad was dx with this 11-07 its in the right frontal lobe in the motor strip and inoperative. His ...
A: If his tumor is in the motorical cortex (the part of his brain that controls muscular movements) and ...
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| primary cerebral lymphoma | 9/11/2008 |
Q: My mother is aged 63 and was diagnosed in December 2007 (10 months ago) with cerebral lymphoma. She ...
A: Unfortunately it is impossible to say since it based on what you have told me seems impossible to ...
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| metastasized melanoma | 9/9/2008 |
Q: I wrote to you a while ago concerning my daughter, who had surgery to remove a brain ...
A: With regards to stereotactic therapy maybe but it is a big and uncertain maybe! Her brain symptoms ...
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| Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma | 9/9/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, my 10 year old son has been diagnosed with a recurrend Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma. ...
A: Sie können zu mir ganz gut auch auf Deutsch schreiben denn hoffentlich habe ich nicht alles ...
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| inoperable tumour | 9/9/2008 |
Q: however when the marker scans for the op were taken they discovered that the tumour was situated ...
A: Honestly I think she should accept the radiation therapy & chemotherapy since they are the only ...
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| meningioma tumors | 9/8/2008 |
Q: My friend has a meningioma behind her right eye it grew from a 15 to a 18 would you consider that ...
A: Well that is not a big growth in absolute terms and a growth of 3 mm (less than 1/8 of an inch) in ...
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| headaches | 9/8/2008 |
Q: what can i take for my headache over the counter. i have headache everyday i recently look on the ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden. I have no idea what is available over the counter where you are - ...
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| Melanoma cancer from chest to neck and now brain... | 9/8/2008 |
Q: In Feb. 2007 I had a mole removed from my chest. It came back Melanoma Cancer. I had suregry done ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! You have asked me a straight question so you deserve a ...
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| metastatic brain melanoma | 9/6/2008 |
Q: the metastases has been surgically removed from left frontal lobe. MRIshows no remaining mass. ...
A: Even if MRI does not show anything there is NO guarantee that no tumor cells remain within the ...
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| meningioma tumors | 9/6/2008 |
Q: My friend has a meningioma behind her right eye it grew from a 15 to a 18 would you consider that ...
A: Depends on how long the time was during which this growth happened. You did not mention that. The ...
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| melanoma with mets | 9/6/2008 |
Q: My Sister is 45 yrs old and currently hospitalized for radiation, chemo and pain control. My ...
A: Unfortunately probably not. Malignant melanomas are usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy ...
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| lung cancer | 9/6/2008 |
Q: my husband haslung cancer. he has been getting very dizzy. he thinks it has gone to the brain.can ...
A: That is unfortunately quite possible. Lung cancers often spread to the brain. Radiation therapy to ...
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| short term memory loss, brain tumor removal | 9/5/2008 |
Q: My son had an epidermoid cyst removed from the left hemisphere, center of his brain this past Feb. ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating (mainly malignant) brain ...
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| glioblastoma mulitiforme | 9/3/2008 |
Q: I can not understand the following situation. My father was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme ...
A: If his diagnosis is correct - many brain tumors are VERY hard to diagnose (correctly) - then his ...
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| Paediatric Pilocytic Astracytoma,Patient Cameron Els age 7 yrs | 9/1/2008 |
Q: My son had the above tumor partially removed at age 2.There was no progression until the period Nov ...
A: Both proton beams and stereotactic radiation therapy (GammaKnife, CyberKnife) can probably be used ...
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| glioblastoma mulitiforme | 9/1/2008 |
Q: I can not understand the following situation. My father was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme ...
A: Usually patients actually do get better for a time after treatment due to the treatment itself ...
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| Metastasized Breast Cancer - End Game? | 8/31/2008 |
Q: My wife, age 60, was diagnosed with breast cancer about two years ago. It had spread to the bones ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Survival time - always uncertain - can probably be ...
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| brain stem glioma | 8/31/2008 |
Q: My 63yr old father was diagnosed w/brain stem gliom tumor and has been treated since 02/08. His ...
A: Ok. I see. That is indeed a high grade - the highest - so unfortunately his prognosis is very bad - ...
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| Stage 3 Oligodendroglioma Prognosis | 8/31/2008 |
Q: Do you know the time frame of the longest survivor of a stage 3 oligodendroglioma? What is the next ...
A: These tumor patients usually live a lot longer than other malignant brain tumor patients. Even so a ...
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| ct scan | 8/30/2008 |
Q: I am a 25 yearold boy and was mistakenly gone through ct scan of my head. It was unwanted and I had ...
A: while a CT scan does deliver more radiation to the checked body than an ordinary x-ray picture does ...
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| brain stem glioma | 8/29/2008 |
Q: My 63yr old father was diagnosed w/brain stem gliom tumor and has been treated since 02/08. His ...
A: Do you know the GRADE of his tumor since brain tumor prognosis is closely linked to the grade of the ...
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| astrocytoma | 8/28/2008 |
Q: Hi my question is my husband just had a tumor removed in the frontal lobe area ( astrocytoma grade ...
A: I'm not a neurosurgeon, I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating ...
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| Brain tumor & HGH | 8/27/2008 |
Q: I need some assistance. I am appealing a decision of my insurance carrier for HGH treatment. I am ...
A: Since you were on HGH for quite some time without problems and with good results I fail to see what ...
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| bump like tumours all over the body | 8/27/2008 |
Q: Dr I have bumps like tumours on my stomach,chest,lower back,hands,fore arms,thighs etc.I got it ...
A: If it really is a number of fat tumours (can only be surely known after biopsies have been done for ...
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| Brain tumors stage IV melanoma | 8/27/2008 |
Q: My daughter has metastatic melanoma and was on interferon. They have now discovered 2 tubors in the ...
A: No one really knows which is best, but since malignant melanomas usually are not very sensitive to ...
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| re question | 8/25/2008 |
Q: I have a tumor in the ons where the third nerve exits and it leaks and these leaks cause scar tissue ...
A: this was a hard and difficult question! To be able to give you a good answer I would need a very ...
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| Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma brain tumour | 8/24/2008 |
Q: Please could you let me know if you have had any dealings with this type of brain tumor which I ...
A: I have no personal experience of this kind of tumor. In fact even its tumor nature is not quite ...
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| brain tumer | 8/24/2008 |
Q: we are worried about this now all they took was a ct scan of his head i would like to know could ...
A: Impossible to answer without knowing what kind of tumor that was seen. The CT scan should be ...
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| lung cancer spread to the brain | 8/23/2008 |
Q: My brother (just turned 49) was diagnosed with lung cancer over a year ago, at the time there were ...
A: Unfortunately it is very common that lung cancers spread to the brain. Yes he seemed to get well but ...
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| Meningioma | 8/23/2008 |
Q: What does this all mean in lay terms? left parafalcine region is 1.5 cm AP dimension; .5 cm ...
A: I would much appreciate to read the FULL report so that any mistakes can be avoided! But from what ...
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| ganglioglioma, benign | 8/23/2008 |
Q: First: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Brain-Tumors-1000/Brain-Tumor-8.htm see the page, the patient ...
A: Anything that is a glioma is basically a malignant (cancer like) tumor. But how malignant it is ...
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| Brain Tumor Grade 2 Astrocyroma | 8/22/2008 |
Q: My partner has a diffused astrocytoma, grade 2 in the memory and motorskills section of the Brain. ...
A: If the neuro surgeons have concluded that surgery is not an option then it probably is not. ...
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| Metastases Melanoma Brain Tumors | 8/21/2008 |
Q: My father was just diagnosed with a brain tumor that is melanoma. This is his third case of ...
A: No one can promise that a cancerous tumor has been completely removed since there is always a risk ...
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| Brain Tumors | 8/21/2008 |
Q: When my daughter was 3 months old she was diagoised with Brain Tumor Medulloblastoma. Surgery was ...
A: Unfortunately if it returns it may kill her! It is actually most unfortunate that you did not allow ...
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| mother | 8/16/2008 |
Q: my mother has glimoblastomia grade 4 ,surgery 2 years ago ,gamma knife 1 month ago for recurring,( ...
A: Unfortunately her dr. is most probably right even though it is impossible to precisely predict ...
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| what to expect | 8/16/2008 |
Q: My Uncle is 69. Two weeks ago diagnosed with brain tumour, they have said it is too big and in the ...
A: Without knowing what kind of tumor he has it is very difficult to answer. However since radiation ...
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| Brain Mets from RCC | 8/14/2008 |
Q: Two weeks ago he fell and could not use his left side. Went to Er and found brain mets that was ...
A: A 4 mm tumor in his brain is indeed small enough to be treated with the GammaKnife. However since ...
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| 14 year old had MRI today | 8/13/2008 |
Q: My son yesterday had a skateboarding crash hit his head. ambulance took him to the hospital they did ...
A: Yes it seems they have found something that should not be there due to his accident (meaning that ...
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| Hello | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I've been having really weird headahces, somtimes it's just a regular front headache, other times ...
A: Probably not. Let a good neurologist check you instead! That is the best advice I can give you! Dear ...
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| Anaplastic astrocytoma WHO grade 3 | 8/10/2008 |
Q: My sister 23 has just been diagnosed with Anaplastic astrocytoma WHO grade 3 can you explain what ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! Unfortunately these patients early on rarely have ...
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| Radiation on Maligant Melanoma | 8/8/2008 |
Q: My husband was just recently diagnosed with a two brain tumors and has been battling melanoma for ...
A: How big are his brain tumors? If too big the GammaKnife can not be used. Melanomas are often not ...
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| prengnant with brain tumor | 8/7/2008 |
Q: My sister is 23 on her 2nd trimester and has been DX with cluster of brain tumors, which apparently ...
A: no one knows what causes primary brain tumors and there is no reason to believe that a childhood ...
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| lumps in the back of my head | 8/7/2008 |
Q: I've recently noticed that I have a couple of lumps in the back of my head near the base; one on ...
A: From your description it seems that they are - or that at least one of them is - (a) local ...
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| what are the chances? | 8/6/2008 |
Q: My 6 year old niece just died in april of a gbm brain tumor. she battled it for 8 months and she ...
A: In this situation I can not exclude any genetic factor. You should discuss this matter with a ...
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| glioblastoma | 8/6/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I hope you are doing fine. Further to our previous correspondence regarding the brain ...
A: I'm sorry to hear this! Unfortunately treatment is not always successful even initially. I doubt any ...
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| oligogendrogliomas stage 2 | 8/6/2008 |
Q: DO ALL OLGODENDROGLIOMAS STAGE 2, COME BACK AFTER PARTIAL REMOVAL. TEMODAR WAS GIVEN FOR 14MONTHS, ...
A: Well most brain tumors if only partially removed usually do come back, so that is also probable ...
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| mass on left side of brain | 8/5/2008 |
Q: My brother had an MRI show a mass on the left side of his brain. His symptoms are vertigo, ...
A: Well, yes usually. If it is say a meningioma it is probably not malignant and can probably be ...
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| Grade III Astrocytoma--> effects of radiation and temodar | 8/3/2008 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, My husband was diagnosed in October 2006; resection July 2007; radiation Sept. 2007; ...
A: Yes that is hard but for a good explanation you should direct this question to an expert of ...
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| Brain Lesions | 8/1/2008 |
Q: My 85 year old mother was diagnosed with cancer back in November 07. She had a small spot (small ...
A: It means just what it says that pain is NOT a common symptom in late brain cancer cases. If this was ...
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| Brain Lesions | 7/31/2008 |
Q: My 85 year old mother was diagnosed with cancer back in November 07. She had a small spot (small ...
A: No survival time predictions are not very accurate. I find this case rather disturbing. Was there ...
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| Brain tumor | 7/31/2008 |
Q: Is Whole Brain Radiation appropriate for a small lesion in the brain when there is no involvement in ...
A: Not at all! You are in a Scylla & Charybdis situation (caught between 2 dangers with no "ideal" ...
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| Brain Tumor | 7/31/2008 |
Q: My Mother was diagnosed with glioblastoma around 7/14/08. It is stage 4, and and the size of a golf ...
A: Epileptic fits are not uncommon, but pain is unusual. When she sleeps most of the time (= ...
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| Brain tumor | 7/30/2008 |
Q: Is Whole Brain Radiation appropriate for a small lesion in the brain when there is no involvement in ...
A: Experience has clearly shown that whole brain radiation generally is better in these situation than ...
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| Astrocytoma Level 3 | 7/30/2008 |
Q: I am very concerned about my good friend who has recently been dx with Astrocytoma level 3. He had a ...
A: I suppose by level 3 you mean grade 3. Unfortunately with this kind of tumor that is probably not ...
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| glioblastoma | 7/30/2008 |
Q: 5 years ago my wife was diagnosed with a Astrocytoma grade 2 on the right hand side of her brain, it ...
A: Well the main reasons for these sad effects are the activities of her brain tumor. Surgery and ...
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| Brain Tumor | 7/28/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagonsed with Multi Focal Globlastoma Multiforme on 24th May 2008(43 Years) and he ...
A: There is definitely a rather big risk that his tumor will come back and thereby it will have a bad ...
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| brain "mass" | 7/27/2008 |
Q: My sister is in the hospital and was told she has a "mass" on her brain,lung and adrenalin gland. ...
A: Yes it is unfortunately! It is probably a lung cancer that has spread to her brain and to her ...
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| unidentified brian tumour | 7/24/2008 |
Q: Today we were told that my husband aged 50 had a Grade 4 malignant brain tumour - secondary. Tumour ...
A: If indeed it is a sarcoma there it has most probably spread to this location from somewhere else in ...
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| MR scan of the brain without contrast interpretation | 7/24/2008 |
Q: Could you please interpret my mri findings, I am a disabled vet and have a very hard time getting ...
A: Well, I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors, NOT ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 | 7/24/2008 |
Q: . his speak is really dysphasic and he is blind in one eye but he is very active.. am confused as ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! It is hard to predict survival times with any ...
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| Mental & Personality side effects of brain tumors | 7/23/2008 |
Q: My wife was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. My primary concern is for her mental health right ...
A: That depends mostly of the location and size of the tumor. I have mostly been involved with ...
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| brain tumor and travel | 7/22/2008 |
Q: My 17 year old nephew is hoping to travel to Europe from Canada with his family. Where they go ...
A: It is more than 30 years since I was visiting Greece the last time and I have very little knowledge ...
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| 3 month old brain tumor | 7/19/2008 |
Q: My wife just had a CT scan and it detected that she is having a tumor which is 3 months old. Can it ...
A: To be able to answer your question I do need to know: 1. How big is her tumor? 2. Where in her brain ...
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| Brain Tumor pronosis | 7/19/2008 |
Q: My father in law had a tumor remove from under his arm pit about a year ago. It had apparently ...
A: I suppose that this is a malignant melanoma that has spread. If so his expected survival time is ...
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| BRAIN METS | 7/17/2008 |
Q: MY HUSBAND HAS NEUROENDOCRINE CANCER OF THE PANCREAS,LIVER, LYMPH NODES IN THE CHEST AND ADRENAL ...
A: Since it has reached his brain it is probable that the process now will be faster. Both patients and ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 7/17/2008 |
Q: With a diagnosis of GBM,(only by MRI, biopsy showed necrosis), how can anyone predict an amount of ...
A: Decadron (a cortison drug) does have side effects. His brain swelling (at least partly caused by ...
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| BRAIN METS | 7/17/2008 |
Q: MY HUSBAND HAS NEUROENDOCRINE CANCER OF THE PANCREAS,LIVER, LYMPH NODES IN THE CHEST AND ADRENAL ...
A: A straight question deserves a straight answer even if it is painful both to give and to receive. ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 7/16/2008 |
Q: With a diagnosis of GBM,(only by MRI, biopsy showed necrosis), how can anyone predict an amount of ...
A: I think I have answered this before. A glioblastoma is best diagnosed by a biopsy or by surgical ...
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| GBM IV | 7/16/2008 |
Q: my husband was diagnosed with GBM IV 7 wks ago - he had an op to remove most of tumour and he starts ...
A: Yes there are a few, but how truthful is unfortunately quite another matter! Sometimes they may be ...
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| Diagnosis | 7/15/2008 |
Q: Would the usual CBC show anything that might prompt a physician to suspect a cancerous tumor/brain ...
A: Blood tests are completely without any value in this situation. The only ways of diagnosing brain ...
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| Is this a brain tumor??? | 7/13/2008 |
Q: I'm 14 years old and have been getting these very bad pains in the back off my head for atlest 3 ...
A: most head aches - even severe ones - have nothing to do with brain tumors. Since you have had these ...
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| brain mass | 7/12/2008 |
Q: My 14 year old son has been found on MRI to have a 22mm by 18mm mass in his hypothalamus. He is ...
A: It must be determined what this mass is. If a biopsy is impossible or for some other reason not ...
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| Non small cell adnocarcinoma 4B now multiple brain tumors | 7/11/2008 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed Aug of 2007 with lung cancer, with lumph node involvement. Had Chemo and ...
A: It is very common that lung cancers spread to the brain as here. It is not necessary that it is in ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 7/11/2008 |
Q: Regarding glioblastoma multiforme- My dad has had this for almost 5 months, his only symptom was a ...
A: Mainly it is his tumor that has done this to him. He may be awake some days but eventually he will ...
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| multiple brain tumors | 7/10/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with a brain tumor. Before a biopsy was attempted more scans ...
A: It is probable, based on the fact that multiple lesions have been seen, that they in fact are ...
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| GBM IV | 7/10/2008 |
Q: First, thank you for your help. I am really confused. An MRI 6 months ago showed a butterfly lesion ...
A: All cases are unique. But I would say that his maximum survival time would be around one year. I - ...
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| regarding brain tumor | 7/10/2008 |
Q: Acc to doctors "it is large lobulate mass, arising in the floor of the trigone causing significant ...
A: Well, it must be the decision of the patient if he wants to accept surgery or not. No one else can ...
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| Small cell lung cancer then Brain tumor | 7/10/2008 |
Q: I hope you can help with this difficult one, My Dad I feel is not accepting the prognosis of the ...
A: Unfortunately you are right and he is wrong! One lesion in your mother's brain is in this situation ...
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| GBM IV | 7/9/2008 |
Q: First, thank you for your help. I am really confused. An MRI 6 months ago showed a butterfly lesion ...
A: First, GBM IV is NOT a STAGE 4 tumor! Brain tumors do not have stages! What it was was a GRADE 4 ...
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| 4th Venrtical brain tumor | 7/6/2008 |
Q: My question is this I recently found out I have two small (4mm) brain tumors located in the 4th ...
A: Well I have not seen your pictures so it is hard to give you advice here. If there is NO sign that ...
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| Father with poss. cancer | 7/6/2008 |
Q: My father is experiencing numbness in the left side of his face. His vision on the right side is ...
A: there are so many possibilities that any response would be pure guess work. I strongly suggest that ...
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| Lump on head | 7/4/2008 |
Q: I have noticed a medium sized lump on my head, its been there for a while and it hurts to touch just ...
A: Whatever it is it is not a brain tumor. Apart from that It is impossible to tell you what it is ...
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| mother with brain mass (7) in total | 7/4/2008 |
Q: If my mother has just now found out about her masses thanks to a horse injury, could it be caused ...
A: I doubt very much that 7 brain masses are caused by any accident with a horse (if they were ...
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| JPA in 42 yo female | 7/3/2008 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed in '91 with a 3 cm astrocytoma grade III on the optic chiasm. She had a ...
A: This was a hard question! Based on her very long medical history (17 years) I wonder if the grade of ...
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| lump on the right side in the back of my head | 7/2/2008 |
Q: i was feeling my head when i felt a lump on the right side of my head 2 to 3 centimeters far from ...
A: This is NOT a brain tumor! Let a surgeon check it. I'm sorry to bother you with an appeal for help. ...
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| My mother in law | 7/1/2008 |
Q: My mother in law was diagnosed in sep last year with lung cancer and a brain tumour over the right ...
A: It is very common that lung cancers spread to the brain. She will sleep more and more and become ...
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| brain tumor | 7/1/2008 |
Q: My daughter was diagnosed with a polycystic astrocytoma in 1999. She has endergone 2 brain tumor ...
A: Sorry, I have a principle here (as you can see in previous answers) of NOT giving any detailed ...
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| Melanoma in the brain | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I was taken to the hospital on April 11 and they found a golf ball size tumor in my brain, left ...
A: Oh I thought those had been taken care of by the GammaKnife. Yes I agree you have to be sure they ...
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| Melanoma in the brain | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I was taken to the hospital on April 11 and they found a golf ball size tumor in my brain, left ...
A: Well the lesion in your brain has been removed. It seem they want to give you chemo therapy first. ...
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| Melanoma in the brain | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I was taken to the hospital on April 11 and they found a golf ball size tumor in my brain, left ...
A: Are you still a candidate for immuno therapy? If not you probably should try it if possible. ...
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| gbm cured | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I know some people who have not made it through a year after diagnosis and i know some that already ...
A: I see! Well then I actually think that your diagnosis of oligodendroglioma sounds much more ...
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| gbm cured | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I know some people who have not made it through a year after diagnosis and i know some that already ...
A: The problem here is the quality of the diagnosis! Pathology diagnosis of brain tumours is a ...
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| Is it normal? | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I had a CPA meningioma on the left side, removed surgically 5 days ago. When I was released from the ...
A: This is a question for an expert of neurosurgery. I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist ...
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| Grade 3 Glioma | 6/27/2008 |
Q: My son in law suffered a seizure on Xmas day 2007. He was diagnosed with Stage 3 Glioma. He has ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden. At what point he would be admitted to a hospital is more a matter of ...
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| Grade 3 Glioma | 6/27/2008 |
Q: My son in law suffered a seizure on Xmas day 2007. He was diagnosed with Stage 3 Glioma. He has ...
A: A lot of research is going on with brain tumors since their prognosis is so bad. I have not heard of ...
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| Melanoma - stroke - brain tumours | 6/27/2008 |
Q: At Christmas 6 months ago, my daughter had 4 moles removed - one from her leg, her underarm, her ...
A: Unfortunately most malignant melanomas are not very sensitive to radiation therapy and chemo ...
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| brain tumor | 6/24/2008 |
Q: A recent MRI found evidence of a large heterogenousmass involving anterior portions of corpus ...
A: Unfortunately these are signs that his tumor is progressing. He will become more and more confused. ...
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| Tumor maligno | 6/24/2008 |
Q: hola mi pregunta es, mi papa 72 years old ,fue diagnosticado con un tumor tipo glioblastoma ...
A: Sorry, I do not understand or speak Spanish and my wife who does is away for the moment. And I do ...
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| Lump on my head | 6/20/2008 |
Q: Recently i jave found a lump on the back off my head when i touched it it didn hurt but now there ...
A: As I just wrote it sounds like a local infection/inflammation. Let a surgeon check it soonest. I'm ...
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| Brain Tumors - Lipomas | 6/19/2008 |
Q: Don't even think about telling me that lipomas are not brain tumors because I have had three MRIs at ...
A: Well if it is a brain tumor or not depends on its location. If a tumor is located in the brain it is ...
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| Small cell lung cancer then Brain tumor | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I hope you can help with this difficult one, My Dad I feel is not accepting the prognosis of the ...
A: How to discuss this with someone who does not want to hear the truth is a tough matter! Since I do ...
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| astroblastoma grade 4 | 6/16/2008 |
Q: Bethany is only 12 years old and I would like some information regarding this as there has only been ...
A: These tumours are rare and experience therefore limited. Since this is a high grade tumour her ...
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| Strange headaches at the back of my head | 6/16/2008 |
Q: For the last few days I've been having this strange headache at the base of my head and right behind ...
A: Without any form of examination it is impossible to tell you what this is. So I strongly suggest ...
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| Migrains and Brain Tumors | 6/14/2008 |
Q: I'm thirteen years old and ive recently just started having Migraines, they happen at least once a ...
A: it is unlikely that migraine like attacks that you have only around once per month should have ...
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| grade 4 gliomablastoma multiforme | 6/14/2008 |
Q: My sister was recently diagnosed with the above mentioned cancerous tumor. She is now recovering ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! There are experiments going on with among other ...
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| Brain tumour (non small cell squamous carcinoma) | 6/13/2008 |
Q: My dad has recently been diagnosed with a secondary brain tumour (a non small cell squamous ...
A: He will become more and more confused. He may show stroke like symptoms and signs and also get ...
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| lung cancer that has spread to the brain | 6/13/2008 |
Q: Two weeks ago my grandma stated feeling dizzy her GP dignosed her with vertigo. a few days later she ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! If indeed this is a lung cancer that has spread ...
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| brain lipoma with bood vessels and arteries | 6/12/2008 |
Q: I have a very unique condition and I am very confused to what it even is. Have you heard of ...
A: Sorry, this is probably not a tumor in a strict sense so in that case it is outside my area of ...
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| Brain tumour (non small cell squamous carcinoma) | 6/12/2008 |
Q: My dad has recently been diagnosed with a secondary brain tumour (a non small cell squamous ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! Unfortunately it is at present not possible to ...
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| Breakthrough in Glioma/GBM Treatment? | 6/11/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, Last week, on or near June 3, 2008, Duke University and M. D. Anderson in the U. S. ...
A: Actually I do not have much more additional information unfortunately. There are several studies ...
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| Breakthrough in Glioma/GBM Treatment? | 6/11/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, Last week, on or near June 3, 2008, Duke University and M. D. Anderson in the U. S. ...
A: Well, the normal malignant brain tumor treatment results are in reality so bad that I'm tempted to ...
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| numb and painful lump | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I've had a lump on my head ever since I can remember but never thought anything of it until it got ...
A: First of all these lumps have nothing to do with brain tumors. But even so since you have one more ...
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| Meningioma | 6/9/2008 |
Q: My sister was just diagnosed in the e.r. with a meningioma measuring 2.2 x 2.1 cm on ct located on ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors, but not a ...
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| small cell lung cancer spread to brain | 6/9/2008 |
Q: My Mum was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in January this year after 3 months of chemotherapy ...
A: The frontal areas mainly control personality not any specific body parts. It is very common that ...
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| GBM fatal ? | 6/9/2008 |
Q: I realize that the chances of living 3 yrs plus with a true GBM are not good... however, why do you ...
A: If you think I'm only using "second hand" knowledge from old text books you are unfortunately very ...
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| brain scar tissue | 6/9/2008 |
Q: I am 42 years old and recently had a brain MRI that showed a spot on the left frontal lobe that ...
A: Sorry, I'm a brain TUMOR expert (a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of ...
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| grade 4 brain tumor | 6/8/2008 |
Q: my friend has a grade 4 and he had an operation to try to remove it in feb ,had 6 wks chemo and ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! Unfortunately it is impossible to predict ...
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| brain tumor | 6/6/2008 |
Q: A recent MRI found evidence of a large heterogenousmass involving anterior portions of corpus ...
A: The diagnosis here is mainly based on how the MRI scan looks. The biopsy - due to the necrosis ...
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| Brain Tumor Ependymoma | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I live in New York, and in November of 2007 I was operated on for an Ependymoma in Memorial Sloan ...
A: Your question involves local policy knowledge rather than strict medical knowledge. However, I'm a ...
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| Benign cyst in brain stem | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I've had a CT Scan and 2 MRI's which concluded that I have a benign cyst approximately .7 cm. in the ...
A: Based on your CT & MRI scans and the fact that it has not changed over the time of one year I think ...
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| Brain tumors | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I HAVE BEEN HAVING SYMPTOMS LATELY THAT APPEAR TO BE A NORMAL SINUSITIS OR A MIGRAINE, BUT ON THE ...
A: The causes of brain tumors are at present unknown so I can not comment on that. Your symptoms do ...
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| Melanoma Brain Tumor | 6/3/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with a melanoma brain tumor on Dec. 29th and the doctors were all not clear ...
A: CT and MRI scans MAY have showed a bleeding but I can not be sure. However regardless of any ...
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| Glioblastoma Grade IV | 6/2/2008 |
Q: My brother who's 25 years old has been diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Grade IV. He started having ...
A: Unfortunately a glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 has a VERY BAD prognosis! Survival time even with ...
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| Cystic Mass | 6/1/2008 |
Q: My daughter, age 12, has scoliosis with NF1, and now she has been diagnosed Cystic Mass too. Has NF1 ...
A: Probably not. But your question should be directed to a neurosurgeon which I am not. I'm a medical ...
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| brain tumor | 5/31/2008 |
Q: A recent MRI found evidence of a large heterogenousmass involving anterior portions of corpus ...
A: All malignant gliomas - and in particular glioblastoma multiforme - have a very bad prognosis ...
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| brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme | 5/30/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme in Jan. 2008. This diagnoses was based on an ...
A: In a situation like this the patient always has the right to refuse tratment. Necrosis MAY indicate ...
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| brain tumors | 5/24/2008 |
Q: My brothers tumor has grown into the stem of his brain now, he was not holding anything in and i ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! It is always difficult to predict survival time ...
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| Brain Tumor | 5/23/2008 |
Q: My husband has stage IV, astrocytoma. He recently had radiation which shrinked the tumor by 60%. He ...
A: Oh, this was a hard question. There is no clinical or scientific evidence suggesting that brain ...
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| Brain Tumor | 5/22/2008 |
Q: We were just told that my father (age 68) has a brain tumor right behind the optical area (tumor ...
A: You are quite right in assuming that nothing really is known until we have the pathology report. All ...
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| GBM | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with GBM in 2000. Maxed out with radiation therapy, temozolomide for 9 months - been ...
A: Honestly I would like to have your tumor pathology reviewed since the "normal" survival time is ...
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| Scare tissue | 5/21/2008 |
Q: I was involved in a motor veichle accident nine years ago and suffered sever brain injury. I would ...
A: This is a question for a neurologist or a neuro surgeon. I'm neither. I'm a medical oncologist and ...
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| New Cancer Treatment | 5/21/2008 |
Q: please find the website for new treatment of brain tumor : ...
A: Well, if it works it is fantastic, since no one at present can cure really malignant brain tumors. ...
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| GBM Grade IV | 5/17/2008 |
Q: I have a family member diagnosed with GBM Grade IV as of January 2008. Had surgery, removed 80% did ...
A: Lynn, when you treat a brain tumor you are treating the organ in which we have our thinking, ...
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| Gliosarcoma | 5/17/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnose with gliosarcoma he had surgery and radiation and quimo, he still have a 1 ...
A: The use of the GammaKnife here may be of help but experience of its use with tumors like this one is ...
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| malignant melanoma (Hard facts please) | 5/15/2008 |
Q: My wife has melanoma on the left side of the brain. She had two surgeries to remove this the best ...
A: OK, the HARD facts! Your wife now has a stage 4 malignant melanoma. That is unfortunately incurable. ...
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| polycystic astrocytoma | 5/15/2008 |
Q: Back in 1999 when my daughter was 3 years old we found out she had a brain tumor the size of a ...
A: Hopefully she is cured now, but unfortunately I can not promise that. Experiences with the ...
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| pilocytic astrocytoma with cranial spinal dissemination | 5/14/2008 |
Q: My son was diagnosed in 2002 received radiation for six weeks and chemo (temodal first then ceenu) ...
A: With a tumor close to his 4'th ventricle surgery is probably impossible or VERY risky indeed! So in ...
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| Grade 2 astrocytoma | 5/14/2008 |
Q: I am 29 yr old, MRI suggested a low grade glioma (appox 20mm in all dimensions) in dec 07; The ...
A: 1. That means that they see some dividing cells (cells multiplying) there. However, even in the ...
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| Grade 2 astrocytoma | 5/13/2008 |
Q: I am 29 yr old, MRI suggested a low grade glioma (appox 20mm in all dimensions) in dec 07; The ...
A: Well with such a low grade tumour you will probably be able to live for many years after this ...
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| cns lymphoma | 5/9/2008 |
Q: In Sept. of last year I had a mini stroke because of a brain tumor.Steroids shrunk it & now they ...
A: I see. Something that size MUST be considered to be some sort of tumor at least as long as its true ...
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| Is this a brain tumor | 5/8/2008 |
Q: For the past few months I have been having frequent headaches. I've also had floaters in my eyes. ...
A: The thing you feel under the skin - whatever it is - has nothing at all to do with any brain tumor, ...
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| Glioblastoma Grade IV | 5/7/2008 |
Q: My brother in law had the above-mentioned brain tumor and is now deceased. He went through all ...
A: The causes of malignant brain tumors are completely unknown. The general concensus at present is ...
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| recovery after brain surgery | 5/5/2008 |
Q: the operation was a success but now after 6 days he still has not woken up. He had a fit last ...
A: I'm not a neurosurgeon but a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating ...
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| Astrocytoma grade 2 | 5/3/2008 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed with Astrocytoma grade 2 last may 2007.She is 65 years old and her tumor is ...
A: 1. I think you must have misunderstood her dr. Yes the swelling MAY be a serious sign (for example ...
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| Left Frontal Lobe Mass | 4/29/2008 |
Q: I have been having headaches, numbness on the right side of my bottom lip, right side of my back ...
A: Yes an MRI is better in this situation than a CT! A new contrast MRI is absolutely essential! I'm a ...
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| Glioblastoma Tumor | 4/27/2008 |
Q: My mother who is 75 years of age was diagnosed in April of 2007 with a Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade ...
A: It is extremely remarkable that she is tumor free one year after treatment. If you had not stated ...
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| Scar Tissue after brain tumor removed | 4/21/2008 |
Q: Is it normal to develop scar tissue in the brain after a brain tumor has been removed? What amount ...
A: This question is best directed to a neurosurgeon or a diagnostic radiologist - I'm neither, I'm a ...
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| brain tumor | 4/19/2008 |
Q: Just wanting too know a little more about my tumor which i have a 4cm primary tumor near my ...
A: Well a stroke or a bleeding is always a possibility. But those are outside my area of expertise ...
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| arachnoid cyst and chiari | 4/19/2008 |
Q: I have no faith in the neurosurgeon that I met with and dont trust much of what he said to me. ...
A: Sorry, an arachnoid cyst is not a brain tumor in a strict sense, so unfortunately your question is ...
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| can they do surgery? | 4/18/2008 |
Q: my grandma is 86 yrs old and has lost alot of weight in the past 6 months and has found out a week ...
A: I'm not a surgeon but a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain ...
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| metastasized melanoma | 4/17/2008 |
Q: I wrote to you a while ago concerning my daughter, who had surgery to remove a brain ...
A: Ok. You are welcome. We have to wait for the result of her MRI brain scan! The slow reduction of her ...
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| pilocytic astrocytoma with cranial spinal dissemination | 4/16/2008 |
Q: What are my son's options with regards to treatment of his brain tumor. We were told that due to ...
A: As in all malignant brain tumors the immediate prognosis is associated with grade. Grade is however ...
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| Do I have a brain tumor? | 4/14/2008 |
Q: About eight weeks ago I had a bout with the flu. I recovered but developed headaches that were ...
A: It sounds more as a tough sinus case. But I suspect that you will continue to be worried, so in ...
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| grade 4 Brain Tumor GBM | 4/14/2008 |
Q: My sister 56 was diagnose with GBM grade 4 brain tumor. Her symptoms where lack of speech and ...
A: I'm sorry to have to tell you that I have never even seen a GBM grade 4 patient who succeeded in ...
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| lipoma brain tumors | 4/11/2008 |
Q: what exactly is a lipoma tumor what needs do i need to take care of knowing that i have one
A: If it truly is a lipoma that is a benign (not cancerous) tumor. Only if it gives you symptoms is ...
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| melanoma brain spread | 4/8/2008 |
Q: My brother is in the last stage melanoma - he has been involved in several trials and in a course of ...
A: Unfortunately it will kill him. Malignant melanoma is usually not very sensitive to radiation ...
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| Astocytoma grade 2 | 4/8/2008 |
Q: My mom has been diagnosed with a grade 2 atrocytoma.She completed 32 rounds of radiation. Six months ...
A: I agree with her dr. that chemo therapy at the moment is not much of an option though not for the ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade 4 | 4/7/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I read one of the previous question/answers regarding an anaplastic astrocytoma, grade 3. ...
A: Your father's tumor may have shifted grade to become more malignant. So it may have been a grade 1 ...
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| Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade 4 | 4/7/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I read one of the previous question/answers regarding an anaplastic astrocytoma, grade 3. ...
A: How big is your father's tumor? If too big it will be difficult or impossible to use the cyberknife. ...
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| brain cancer | 4/7/2008 |
Q: my mother in law has been diagnosed with lung and brain cancer she has recently been readmitted to ...
A: It is probably her lung cancer that has spread to her brain - a rather common development. Her ...
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| Scarring of brain | 4/6/2008 |
Q: I am 20 years old, about 6 years ago my mother fell and hit her head off the corner of a 5 in raised ...
A: I'm sorry! This is completely outside my area of expertise here. This is a question for an expert of ...
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| Astroblastoma | 4/5/2008 |
Q: I am a 27 year old woman and had a brain tumour removed from the left side of my head. The name of ...
A: I see, yes it is. If indeed it is a low grade tumor (grade 1 to 2) you can probably live for many ...
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| Possible Tumor? | 4/3/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, A number of years ago I began having severe depersonalization symptoms that greatly ...
A: This sounds more like a psychological/psychiatric problem to me not a medical. However your problems ...
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| Stabbing Headache | 4/1/2008 |
Q: I am 15 years in remission from Hodgkin's Disease, I was treated with both radiation and ...
A: An MRI scan may also be necessary! I doubt that it is a tumor that causes this, but we will ...
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| TLE; headaches; incidential MRI findings | 3/30/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I'm in my late 40s and was recently diagnosed, quite by accident, with complex partial ...
A: This is something you should discuss with a neurologist, which I'm not. I'm a medical oncologist & ...
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| malignant left frontal lobe tumor | 3/27/2008 |
Q: my mothes had a 4cm tumor in the left frontal lobe,we made a surgery which turned to be very ...
A: Unfortunately malignant brain tumours have very few if any survivors. I'm sorry about your ...
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| brain melanoma | 3/27/2008 |
Q: my boyfriend was hospitalised after a seizure on 09/11/07. after 2 months of inpatient tests with no ...
A: Unfortunately you are quite right with regards to his prognosis. And also his general good health ...
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| malignant left frontal lobe tumor | 3/26/2008 |
Q: my mothes had a 4cm tumor in the left frontal lobe,we made a surgery which turned to be very ...
A: Unfortunately not. All malignant brain tumors have very bad prognosis, especially those of grade 3 ...
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| 6.2cm Tumor of the left frontal lobe | 3/25/2008 |
Q: My 81yr Mum has been diagnosed with a 6.2cm Tumor primary in her left frontal lobe 8th/03/08 Because ...
A: So they have most probably decided that it is malignant after all - only malinant tumors receive ...
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| 6.2 cm left frontal lobe of 81yr Mum | 3/24/2008 |
Q: On the 8/3/08 my mother(81)collapsed at 5am in the toilet luckily my brother heard as did my ...
A: Well the only way to treat this kind of tumor - if benign - of this size is by the use of surgery. ...
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| gbm brain tumor | 3/24/2008 |
Q: my dad is 70 years old and had surgery to remove a gbm brain tumor in July of 07. It was a grade 4. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems. His function problems may be due to his tumor ...
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| grade 4 GBM | 3/23/2008 |
Q: My Mother of 57yrs was diagnosed with a grade 4 GBM (5.5x5cm) last October(07). Within 6 weeks post ...
A: It is impossible for anyone to predict survival times with any accuracy, hence her own dr.'s ...
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| brain tumor | 3/21/2008 |
Q: My girl friend has a 45mm X 55mm glioblastoma multiforme she cant have surgery because of ...
A: I'm sorry to hear about her and your problems! Yes her prognosis is extremely bad unfortunately. ...
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| Multiple white masses on my wifes brain | 3/21/2008 |
Q: My wife had an MRI done 2 days ago, that revealed multiple white masses all over her brain. She has ...
A: This is a question for a diagnostic neuroradiologist with a wide experience in MRI scanning. I'm a ...
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| understanding CT | 3/19/2008 |
Q: I had a CT for headaches that last for now 6 days conituous with no relief from acetamonophen, ...
A: I agree with your dr. in that this most probably has nothing to do with your symptoms and is not a a ...
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| brain tumor | 3/19/2008 |
Q: My father had an eye removed d/t poor surgical procedure for glycoma ,after the eye was removed he ...
A: Has a biopsy been done? or how do they know it is melanoma because the scans can not tell them that? ...
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| stage iv melanoma with brain mets | 3/17/2008 |
Q: my 37 yr old sister is in a nursing home with stage iv melanoma, she is now on a liquid and very ...
A: It is impossible to predict survival times with any accuracy. Yes she is slowly dying. Well I'm a ...
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| white Mass on left side of brain | 3/16/2008 |
Q: I had an MRI done last Thur and they found a white mass on the left side of my brain. What could it ...
A: Oh, then there may be many possibilities. I was for a while thinking of a neurinoma of your hearing ...
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| Should I be worried?? | 3/13/2008 |
Q: Back when I was 15 I went for an MRI for headaches, they found a tumor but said it was benign and ...
A: It may very well have to do with your stress etc. However it is easily checked! Another MRI scan and ...
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| Brain tumor | 3/13/2008 |
Q: My husband's father has been fighting cancer now for 2 years. It is in his lungs and chest. The past ...
A: Unfortunately, even though radiation therapy may give him some temporary relief it can hardly ...
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| metastasized melanoma | 3/13/2008 |
Q: I wrote to you a while ago concerning my daughter, who had surgery to remove a brain ...
A: THAT was a hard question! I MAY recommend it for a daughter trying every possible option, but I'm ...
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| grade 3 brain tumour | 3/13/2008 |
Q: my daughter of 25 has just been diagnosed with anaplastic oligodendroglioma grade 3 ,it is located ...
A: Yes that is more or less standard treatment. Radiation therapy AND chemo therapy in combination is ...
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| Meningioma | 3/12/2008 |
Q: Is it normal to experience the same symptoms you had before removal of a meningioma after you have ...
A: Well, this question should be directed to a neurosurgeon, which I am not. I'm a medical oncologist ...
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| Head Pain | 3/12/2008 |
Q: I'm experiencing sharp pain in the back of my head at times. Alot of times, i have a feeling like ...
A: Well, obviously since you ask me this on my brain tumor site you are afraid of a brain tumor. If ...
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| Distressing Symptoms | 3/11/2008 |
Q: Dr. Over the past three weeks I've been suffering from daily throbbing headaches among other ...
A: If neither the CT scan nor the MRI scan can show any tumor you do not have any tumor. From your ...
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| malignant melanoma | 3/11/2008 |
Q: My Sister age 52 was diagnosed with malignant melanoma 3 years ago on her face it was cut out 3 ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Unfortunately with such an advanced disease it will ...
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| brain tumor | 3/10/2008 |
Q: Just wanting too know a little more about my tumor which i have a 4cm primary tumor near my ...
A: It may be difficult to get it out or dangerous to operate there or both and it is probably growing ...
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| stage 4 brain tumor | 3/9/2008 |
Q: my mother has stage 4 brain tumor in her left side.They found out with the seizures. She is 47 and ...
A: Unfortunately she will become more and more confused, may develop stroke like symptoms and even ...
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| brain tumor | 3/9/2008 |
Q: Just wanting too know a little more about my tumor which i have a 4cm primary tumor near my ...
A: It is too big it seems to be removed radiologically with the GammaKnife or the CyberKnife or by ...
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| MRS | 3/8/2008 |
Q: what is the appearance of DNET in MRS ANSWER: Please, I'm a Swede, living in Sweden and English is ...
A: Aha, well this is a question for a diagnostic neuroradiologist with vast experience and knowledge of ...
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| Brain Tumors and Blood Pressure | 3/6/2008 |
Q: I was wondering if a person with a brain tumor should have their blood pressures elevated a little ...
A: Well in theory this may be true. I'm not sure that it is in real life. Nor have I considered what ...
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| Grade 4 Brain Tumor expert help | 3/6/2008 |
Q: My 39 yr old female cousin with Grade 4 brain tumors, has had radiosurgery, radiation, chemo. Who ...
A: I'm sorry to disappoint you but grade 4 malignant brain tumors have the same disappointing treatment ...
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| gamma knife side effeects | 3/5/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, My husband was treated with gammaknife for 2 parallel small close to the surface brain ...
A: Radiation therapy to the brain almost always results in brain swelling. How much depends on how much ...
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| reoccurance of lipoma in brain | 3/5/2008 |
Q: I am 25 years old female. 10 years back I had a surgery for the removal of lipoma ( right cerebello ...
A: Well I will be frank with you - perhaps brutally frank! Your problem now is a tumor you already HAVE ...
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| eye pain associated with brain tumor | 3/5/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed and with non-hodgkins lymphoma about 3 years ago. The cancer spread to his ...
A: Unfortunately that is outside my ability. I can only suggest that if no eye dr. is able to help him ...
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| Does she have brain tumor. | 3/2/2008 |
Q: my friend says that she has brain tumor at last stage and doctors have said that she only have 2 ...
A: If it is at last stage and yet she has 2 more years to live I do find it rather unbelievable! Last ...
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| bgm brain tumor(s) bilateral,par & ocip lobes | 3/2/2008 |
Q: Will you kindly explain the exact cause of death from above,when is hospice indicated.His treatment ...
A: The skull is more or less a closed bone space which is rigid. When his tumor grows in his brain ...
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| Brain Mass | 3/1/2008 |
Q: I am a 31 yr old female who has never had headaches and now for the past 4 weeks I have frequent ...
A: Well I'm not a neurologist (I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience in ...
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| bilatheral thalamic glioma | 2/28/2008 |
Q: I'm a 42 year old woman recently diagnosed with bilatheral thalamic glioma. It's size is 4.8 cm. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! With this location surgery is probably difficult but you ...
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| headaches | 2/28/2008 |
Q: I have been to an ENT,neurologist and a headache specialist. Ihave had ct of sinus and mri of head ...
A: An MRI with contrast is hardly necessary. If an ordinary MRI scan did not show any brain tumor you ...
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| Brain Mass | 2/27/2008 |
Q: I am a 31 yr old female who has never had headaches and now for the past 4 weeks I have frequent ...
A: If this mass is big enough it may be responsible for your head aches. If it is filled with fluid it ...
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| Astrocytoma | 2/22/2008 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with a grade 2 astrocytoma in 1992, and was treated with radiation and gamma ...
A: Her tumor was a grade 2 in 1992. If it grew that quickly in 1999 it MAY have changed to a higher ...
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| brain tumour | 2/22/2008 |
Q: 15 years ago my friend was diagnosed with skin cancer, this came back as milinant melamoma in her ...
A: No, unfortunately not, survival rates in situations like this are 0 (zero)%. Ok so she has probably ...
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| brain tumour | 2/21/2008 |
Q: 15 years ago my friend was diagnosed with skin cancer, this came back as milinant melamoma in her ...
A: Malignant melanoma is a very tricky skin cancer that can reappear again after MANY years. In this ...
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| RE: Eye exam suggests a brain tumor | 2/20/2008 |
Q: My husband had a retina detachment 17 years ago and goes to the eye doctor every 3-6 months. He ...
A: It has certainly no connection to his retina detachment. I have had that myself in both eyes and I'm ...
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| are brain tumours hereriditory | 2/19/2008 |
Q: i lost my lovely mum(73) nine years ago to a brain tomour at the same time my brother(39) was ...
A: There are at present NO indications that brain tumors in ANY way are hereditary. What kinds of brain ...
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| Primary BrainStem Glioma | 2/19/2008 |
Q: My brother is 34 years old and 3 years ago was diagnosed with inoperable primary brainstem glioma. ...
A: He will probably sleep more and more, become more confused and then drift into a coma. Then pass ...
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| Primary BrainStem Glioma | 2/18/2008 |
Q: My brother is 34 years old and 3 years ago was diagnosed with inoperable primary brainstem glioma. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Well that depends on its exact location in his brain ...
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| encapsulated grade IV glioblastoma | 2/17/2008 |
Q: My uncle, this past week, had surgery to remove grade IV glioblastoma located in the right parietal ...
A: Based on hard and sad experience I doubt that all has been removed unfortunately. Even with ...
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| behavior changes | 2/16/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with stage IV small cell lung cancer in November of 2007. My mother, my ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! This is not an uncommon problem and lung cancers often spread ...
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| GBM IV and brain injury | 2/15/2008 |
Q: My husband has Glioblastoma Multiforme IV. Our oncologist insists that a brain injury he received ...
A: Well to this day the causes of malignant brain tumors are unknown. BUT there are NO indications and ...
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| partialy calcified epidermoid or arachnoid cyst | 2/15/2008 |
Q: Can you help me decipher this CT Scan report. Says a faint rim calcification, 9mm in lenght ...
A: Well I'm not a diagnostic radiologist. And intracanial cysts are not really brain tumors. So this is ...
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| Brain tumor | 2/14/2008 |
Q: I have a anaplastic astrocytoma.I have had the debulking,radiation and still doing chemo rounds of ...
A: Well it actually does not say much. Some changes after and due to surgery can be seen. They can see ...
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| Astroblastoma | 2/13/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with a high grade astroblastoma last year. I know this tumor is rare. I was ...
A: No, as far as I can remember I have never treated an astroblastoma, They are VERY rare and not much ...
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| brain cancer-new diagnosis | 2/13/2008 |
Q: My mother was just diagnosed with brain cancer;1 mass size of green olive and one smaller. Prior ...
A: Perhaps. But if it is her breast cancer (or her endometrial cancer) the original source(s) is/are ...
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| brain cancer-new diagnosis | 2/13/2008 |
Q: My mother was just diagnosed with brain cancer;1 mass size of green olive and one smaller. Prior ...
A: Well this is most probably not primary brain tumors but daughter tumors from a cancer elsewhere, ...
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| glioblastoma stage iv | 2/12/2008 |
Q: My 40 year old brother has this cancer. Surgery has been done I know he is going to have radiation ...
A: Unfortunately I have nothing nice to tell you. These tumors are incurable and always fatal at ...
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| will she be ok? | 2/11/2008 |
Q: mymy question is this, my wife has just had a tumor removed from her brain, it was from her breast ...
A: I'm sorry for both you and her! This situation is not nice. Since her breast cancer has spread to ...
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| Negative CT scan; brain problems | 2/10/2008 |
Q: There is something very wrong, and I don't know if it is physical or mental. I am extremely ...
A: I'm sorry I'm a cancer dr. - a medical oncologist and radiation specialist - with experience in ...
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| metastased malignant melanoma to brain | 2/10/2008 |
Q: nordquist, my daughter was diagnosed with malignant melanoma 3.5 years ago., (mole stage 11)(while ...
A: Unfortunately I do not have a good message for you - but maybe you know some of it already. ...
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| 96 year old grandma CT scan | 2/9/2008 |
Q: I have a 96 year old grandma who recently had a CT scan. Results say "diffuse cerebral atrophy", ...
A: Yes she has a SMALL benign (non cancerous) brain tumor, a meningioma. It is of NO consequence to her ...
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| brain tumors | 2/8/2008 |
Q: My 43 year old brother is recovering from 2 months of radiation treatment for melanoma cancer tumor ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your troubles. Unfortunately I do not have good news for you. ...
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| Low-grade Astrocytoma treatment options | 2/8/2008 |
Q: 16 years ago I presented with hydrocephalus, was shunted, and then followed with MRI every 2 years. ...
A: I agree there is no "right" or "wrong" answer here! What has been said about this is correct. ...
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| T2 signals | 2/8/2008 |
Q: Is an "increased T2 signal" on a MRI report a tumor? What is a T2 signal? Could it possibly be due ...
A: This is actually a question for a diagnostic radiologist (which I'm NOT) with big experience in MRI- ...
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| life expectncy | 2/7/2008 |
Q: . I have asked doctors plenty of questions but they always just try to give positive answers when i ...
A: A straight question deserves a straight answer even if it only contains bad news. Most malignant ...
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| symptoms | 2/7/2008 |
Q: Im 32 and been having very bad migrains since the year 2000 I have had 2 mri's and several cat scans ...
A: If your CT & MRI scans are negative and you have had these symptoms since 2000 you do NOT have a ...
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| Brain surgery side effects | 2/6/2008 |
Q: My father had a brain surgery on his left side last year in Feb, having removed a tumour. He ...
A: I'm not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon but a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with ...
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| astrocytom | 2/6/2008 |
Q: My sisters husband has got astrocytoma in the frontalloob. It has just started to grow a little. ...
A: Is it known what grade it is? The usual treatment is a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and ...
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| CYST ON BRAIN | 2/4/2008 |
Q: I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD I'VE GOT A CYST ON BRAIN DON'T NO ANYMORE ABOUT IT BUT I'M SUFFERING WITH FUNNY ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors. I'm not a ...
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| central nervous system lymphoma | 2/4/2008 |
Q: My sister is diagnosed by central nervous system lymphoma following a brain surgery in March 2007. ...
A: Can actually be both. Radiation often causes a temporary brain swelling (like an internal sun burn). ...
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| GBM | 2/3/2008 |
Q: MY DAD DX 2/06 WITH GBM.IMEDIATLEY LOST SBILITY TO MOVE LEFT SIDE. TUMOR IN RT FRONTAL LOBE.HAD ...
A: They said that it was a GRADE 4 GBM I think. So there are grades 1,2,3,4 where grade 4 is the worst, ...
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| possible brain tumour | 2/3/2008 |
Q: I have been experiencing headaches since the early partof December that are quite severe at times ...
A: It is possible! But I can not tell you anything more due to lack of information. The MRI scan coming ...
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| GBM | 2/3/2008 |
Q: MY DAD DX 2/06 WITH GBM.IMEDIATLEY LOST SBILITY TO MOVE LEFT SIDE. TUMOR IN RT FRONTAL LOBE.HAD ...
A: It is always hard or impossible to predict survival times with any precision! This long survival ...
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| Hemangioblastoma | 2/3/2008 |
Q: my father had a hemangioblastoma in his cerebellum(no VHL) removed in 2006. MRI was negative in ...
A: Ok, good so we can leave the thoughts on VHL aside! Even so I can not exclude the possibility of a ...
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| nsclc stage IV with brain mets squamous | 2/3/2008 |
Q: just to thank you for your answers in the past my husband was diagnosed December 31, 2006 with ...
A: I do understand how hard your situation must be! I do not think any of these procedures can perform ...
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| metastic melanoma in the brain | 2/2/2008 |
Q: In May ,2007 my 58 year old husband was diagnoised with metastic melonama in his entire brain and ...
A: First of all I'm sorry for your loss! Malignant melanoma can reappear many years after the original ...
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| Gamma knife | 2/2/2008 |
Q: my husband was dx with gbm IV on 4/15/07. he had a resection, followed by 6 wks chemo/radiation. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! Well a GammaKnife can only destroy lesions that are not too ...
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| Hemangioblastoma | 2/1/2008 |
Q: my father had a hemangioblastoma in his cerebellum(no VHL) removed in 2006. MRI was negative in ...
A: So he has been operated for what is called a Lindau tumor (hemangioblastoma of the cerebellum). You ...
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| 81 year-old mom with brain cancer | 1/31/2008 |
Q: This is a followup question. Thanks so much for previous responses! I found out that Medicare, Mom's ...
A: You SHOULD start to see some effects by now though they may be hidden due to the brain swelling ...
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| Astrocytoma | 1/30/2008 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with an Astrocytoma which the doctors believed to be a Glioblastoma ...
A: Well I may have said around one year but some pass away MUCH quicker. Even so this process was ...
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| Astrocytoma cure | 1/29/2008 |
Q: My 3 yrs old daughter gone through brain surgery to remove tumor.Biopsy diagnosis is Astrocytoma ...
A: Unfortunately I do not have good news for you! No one can guarantee that a high grade brain tumor ...
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| Oligoastrocytoma | 1/28/2008 |
Q: I have a right frontal grade 2 oligoastrocytoma which was operated on in 2006.The surgeon could not ...
A: Well your tumor is not really a cancer, no primary malignant brain tumors are really, but it does ...
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| Brain Tumour | 1/28/2008 |
Q: My freind, who is only 31 years of age was detected with a tumour in his brain a few days back. He ...
A: The most probable reason for this unfortunate situation is a bleeding in connection with his tumor. ...
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| GBM treatment | 1/28/2008 |
Q: My brother has completed his 5th week of Radiation, he has 1 week to go. He is also receiving 160mg ...
A: Unfortunately I have bad news for you. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)is a malignant brain tumor with ...
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| stage v non smalll cell squamous spread to brain and now adrendal gland | 1/27/2008 |
Q: My Dad was diagnosed November 2006 of Stage IV lung cancer. Nov. 07 he advised my sisters and I it ...
A: Some relief can be gained by radiation to his brain. But it will not change the outcome. A realistic ...
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| Low grade growth rate | 1/27/2008 |
Q: I have been diagnosed with a low grade tumor 18 months ago. It has grown from (approximate) 5x3x4 to ...
A: Well in 18 months it has grown 1 cm in each of the 3 dimensions (1/2.54 inch). That is a rather slow ...
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| Brain Tumor | 1/26/2008 |
Q: My ex-husband was diagnosed about ten years ago with a benign brain tumor. I'm not sure of the type, ...
A: Usually not much more than a year. No unfortunately I do not think so, it can only give a temporary ...
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| Brain Tumor | 1/26/2008 |
Q: My ex-husband was diagnosed about ten years ago with a benign brain tumor. I'm not sure of the type, ...
A: That kind of change sometimes happens. Since his tuor remains inoperable only radiation therapy and ...
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| brain tumors | 1/25/2008 |
Q: my uncle died from a brain tumor. they said he was born with it but it started growing when he got ...
A: There is NO known connection between head traumas and brain tumors. Sure no one knows what causes ...
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| Glioblastoma multiform | 1/25/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed in October 07 with Glioblastoma. He had a grapefruit sized tumor in his ...
A: First of all, ALL glioblastoma multiforme tumors are killers! EVERY single patient with this tumor ...
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| Recently Diagnosed Midbrain Tumor | 1/25/2008 |
Q: My wife has been recently diagnosed (Jan.2008) with an Astrocytoma in her midbrain. She has had ...
A: If it has been there for such a long time (since 2004) it is probably growing slowly. If indeed it ...
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| epidermoid cysta | 1/22/2008 |
Q: Eftersom du e svensk provar jag att skriva på svenska. För ett år sedan fick jag reda på att jag har ...
A: Det går bra att skriva på svenska! Hur stor är den? Om den är liten (2-3 cm) så kanske det går att ...
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| benign meningioma | 1/22/2008 |
Q: My 79 year old mother has just been diagnosed (by MRI)with a brain tumor. It is located in the back, ...
A: Well a meningioma (benign) is not fast growing like a malignant brain tumor but may cause great ...
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| Malignant Brain Tumor Grade 3-4 | 1/21/2008 |
Q: My 31 year old sister recently had a malignant "very agressive" grade 3 to 4 brain tumor removed. ...
A: Well if indeed it is a grade 3-4 PRIMARY brain tumor OR an aggressive cancer from somewhere else her ...
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| brain tumor | 1/21/2008 |
Q: i need to ask that if someone is suffering from brain tumour and the doctors have said that it an be ...
A: That depends entirely on what KIND of brain tumour this is and its size, exact location etc. In ...
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| nsclc stage IV with brain mets squamous | 1/20/2008 |
Q: just to thank you for your answers in the past my husband was diagnosed December 31, 2006 with ...
A: I'm sorry to read about all your and his problems! It is quite evident that his condition is going ...
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| lung cancer stage 4 and brain metastic | 1/20/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer at the end of august 2007 . He also has brain ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! His lung cancer has spread to his brain - and is ...
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| glioblastoma | 1/20/2008 |
Q: I only know my brother had a glioblastoma tumor (malignant, sorry this may be redundant) removed ...
A: A glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 has an expected survival time after therapy of at best not much ...
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| Radiation Caused Stroke | 1/19/2008 |
Q: My wife is a 13 year survivor of a Grade IV Glioblastoma. I know, that is not possible. But she is, ...
A: If her diagnosis was correct she is rather unique! Actually some brain tumours are VERY hard to ...
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| Low grade Astrocytoma | 1/17/2008 |
Q: I am a 27 year old female who was, after a biopsy, diagnosed with a low grade astrocytoma. I am ...
A: How low grade is your tumor? The lower the grade the better the prognosis! A grade 1 to 2 (I to II) ...
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| Pineal region solid mass | 1/15/2008 |
Q: My son had an MRI performed in December and they found a solid mass measuring up to 9 mm in the ...
A: 1. Hard question really since I do not know what it looks like on the MRI & CT scans. Nor do I know ...
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| anaplastic oligo | 1/15/2008 |
Q: my father died june 30 2007 from post op complications from the removal of an anplastic oligo in the ...
A: Aha, so he was first diagnosed in 1994! Well it was MOST probably a very low grade tumor then, since ...
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| Brain Tumour | 1/14/2008 |
Q: My friend and colleague has just had a biopsy on a tumour in is brain and it showed it was a level 4 ...
A: First of all: Unfortunately ALL glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cases with a grade 4 (IV) have a 100% ...
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| Brain tumour - coma recovery | 1/13/2008 |
Q: My best friend is in a coma following surgery to remove a malignant melanoma 'brain tumor' 8 days ...
A: The worst scenario possible is unfortunately the most probable here. It is improbable that she will ...
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| Possible brain tumor? | 1/12/2008 |
Q: and thank you for being there. My question is this: Two days after Christmas of 2007, I was about ...
A: You have several other experts here that you can check. You did not tell me at first that you have ...
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| Treatment possible for tumor near thalalmus/ 3rdventricle? | 1/12/2008 |
Q: My sister, age 57, was diagnosed with a brain tumor less than 4 weeks ago, on 12/18. It is near the ...
A: I do not know enough of this case to be very specific. All I can go on is general knowledge of brain ...
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| Possible brain tumor? | 1/12/2008 |
Q: and thank you for being there. My question is this: Two days after Christmas of 2007, I was about ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience in treating brain tumors. I'm NOT a ...
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| Secondary Brain Cancer | 1/10/2008 |
Q: My aunt was originally diagnosed with breast cancer about a year or so ago. She has undergone ...
A: Yes radiation therapy to her brain is possible and will give relief - for a time. Unfortunately this ...
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| benign pineal tumor | 1/8/2008 |
Q: I have a benign pinal tumor. What are the chances that it may recur. Should I have long-term ...
A: Meningiomas can occur in the pineal region, but then they grow into it from outside that (rather ...
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| brain tumor | 1/8/2008 |
Q: my grandson was 4 when we found out he had a brain tumor, he had surgery at 4 years old, the dr. ...
A: I do NOT believe his polio vaccination had anything to do with this at all. If it does start up ...
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| mother brain cancer versus toxo | 1/8/2008 |
Q: My 81 year-old mom who has history of breast and lung CA 7 years ago, clear since then, has been ...
A: Are you telling me it is not possible to keep her as an in patient - which evidently she is in need ...
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| brain tumor | 1/8/2008 |
Q: my grandson was 4 when we found out he had a brain tumor, he had surgery at 4 years old, the dr. ...
A: I do understand your concern. If indeed a grade 1 tumor he could live for MANY years with it but it ...
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| meningioma vs. arachnoid cyst | 1/7/2008 |
Q: In 2002, I was diagnosed having a 1.3x1.2 meningioma on the right temporal region. I have had 4 ...
A: An arachnoid cyst is not really a tumor. I do not think there is any difficulty in seeing the ...
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| Final Stages | 1/7/2008 |
Q: I know of someone who is in their final stages before death. They have been in the hospital for a ...
A: While from your description it indeed seems to be a terminal condition it is unfortunately ...
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| benign pineal tumor | 1/7/2008 |
Q: I have a benign pinal tumor. What are the chances that it may recur. Should I have long-term ...
A: Pineocytomas are part of a spectrum of tumors from clearly benign slowly growing pineocytomas which ...
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| brain cancer treatment | 1/7/2008 |
Q: my 83yo mother who was diagnosed with ca breast over a year ago and then more recently with lung ...
A: No the radiation will NOT make more damage of any consequence or create suffering in the future. Her ...
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| Astrocytoma Grade 3/4 | 1/6/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed in august 2007 with the above brain tumor after showing signs of losing ...
A: Yes he may get more epileptic fits from now on and it may be connected with tumor growth. But MRI ...
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| cyberknife on left thalamic astrocytoma | 1/4/2008 |
Q: nordquist, I had asked a couple of questions earlier. thank you for your concern. my brother ...
A: 1. Not necessarily they can actually be interpreted as good signs too. I have too little experience ...
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| astrocytoma | 12/31/2007 |
Q: My friend who's 25years is diagonised with infiltrative front of an astrocytoma grade II-III. And ...
A: Well, I'm sorry to read about your & your friend's problem! Brain tumours are often difficult to ...
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| mother brain cancer versus toxo | 12/29/2007 |
Q: My 81 year-old mom who has history of breast and lung CA 7 years ago, clear since then, has been ...
A: Ok, that makes an infection probable. Sorry, now you are asking me questions well outside my area of ...
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| mother brain cancer versus toxo | 12/28/2007 |
Q: My 81 year-old mom who has history of breast and lung CA 7 years ago, clear since then, has been ...
A: A brain PET scan MAY be of some help in determining if this is infectious/inflammatory or the result ...
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| bone growth in the head | 12/28/2007 |
Q: I have a question about the bone growth in my Mom's head. She is saying that she found small lump a ...
A: This seems to be some sort of bone tumour ON your mother's head (since she could feel it, so NOT IN ...
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| radiation for acoustic neuroma | 12/27/2007 |
Q: How common is radiation necrosis following one time dose of gammaknife radiation. My husband has ...
A: If that has happened the therapy was probably not given properly. In a correctly executed GammaKnife ...
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| fathers brain tumor | 12/27/2007 |
Q: my father had a brain tumor removed 7 months ago; afterwards he received 33 treatments of whole ...
A: Bobby, I'm surprised his dr. has not discussed this with him or you! This is obviously a malignant ...
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| Late symptoms brain tumor | 12/21/2007 |
Q: My mother has a mestastic brain tumor(lung cancer)she was diagnosed 3 months ago, but probably has ...
A: Anything can happen at any time! But a reasonable prediction is a few months, though it may be ...
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| Anaplastic OligoAstrocytom Grade 3 | 12/19/2007 |
Q: My nephew ( age 18) was recently diagnosed, pathology back today, with Anaplastic Oligo Astrocytoma ...
A: First of all brain tumors are hard to grade. It may have been a grade 3 all the time. Probably the ...
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| Hypothalamic Lipoma | 12/17/2007 |
Q: I read a response to someones question about a Lipoma in the Brain. You obviously know more than me ...
A: Well, I'm a radiation therapist and medical oncologist. So I'm really a specialist of (malignant) ...
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| Glioblastoma & Dementia | 12/15/2007 |
Q: My 33 year old brother was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma in August 2007. He had surgery and the ...
A: Radiation therapy can cause swelling of the brain and that causes confusion (not real dementia). The ...
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| brain tumour | 12/14/2007 |
Q: Over the past few months I have been experiencing dizzy spells and a feeling that I am going to ...
A: The symptoms you describe are hardly indicating a brain tumour with any certainty, but since this ...
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| GBM | 12/7/2007 |
Q: 49 years old was diagnosed with Gioblatomamultiforme IV. Surgery was successful, surgeon said he ...
A: Unfortunately you are correct! A glioblastoma multiforme grade IV has a 100% mortality rate even ...
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| last stages of brain tumor | 12/6/2007 |
Q: My Nana was diagnosed with a brain tumor about 3 weeks ago. They originally suspected a stroke. ...
A: Many of your questions are impossible to answer because nobody knows! The only thing I can tell you ...
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| Astrocytoma (Guido) | 12/5/2007 |
Q: Tack en gång till för tiden och svaret. Då väntar jag på att islänningen hör av sig till mig. Själv ...
A: Jag skickar över hans e-postadress till Din, så kan Du skicka över allt material direkt till honom. ...
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| low grade astrocytoma midbrain inferior colliculus - inoperable? | 12/4/2007 |
Q: Hej Claes-Gustaf, hittade ditt namn på denna sida. Jag är en tysk veterinär som bor i Stockholm. ...
A: Jag är en produkt av den gamla pluggskolan. 9 år engelska, 7 år tyska, 4 år franska OCH norska (både ...
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| low grade astrocytoma midbrain inferior colliculus - inoperable? | 12/3/2007 |
Q: Hej Claes-Gustaf, hittade ditt namn på denna sida. Jag är en tysk veterinär som bor i Stockholm. ...
A: Hej igen, tack! Jag har inga större svårigheter att läsa tyska (pluggade tyska i 7 år i skolan) men ...
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| low grade astrocytoma midbrain inferior colliculus - inoperable? | 12/2/2007 |
Q: Hej Claes-Gustaf, hittade ditt namn på denna sida. Jag är en tysk veterinär som bor i Stockholm. ...
A: Hej, tack för Din fråga? Hur låg grade? 1 eller 2, hur stor är den? Exakt var sitter den? Det finns ...
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| gbm IV recurred as Gliosarcoma | 12/2/2007 |
Q: My husband was dx with gbm IV in april of 07. surgeon said it was unusual because cystic and round ...
A: As I wrote the second diagnosis does not change anything at all! Had it been the first diagnosis ...
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| gbm IV recurred as Gliosarcoma | 12/1/2007 |
Q: My husband was dx with gbm IV in april of 07. surgeon said it was unusual because cystic and round ...
A: Well, I was not there so I do not really know how it appeared. Maybe its appearence led him to ...
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| grade 4 brain tumor | 12/1/2007 |
Q: My sister had a grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 tumor removed in May '07, seemed to be doing ...
A: Unfortunately the mortality rate of this tumor regardless of therapy is 100%. Therapy (surgery, ...
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| Brain Cancer | 11/30/2007 |
Q: My mother was recently diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. It originated in the sinus area and was ...
A: Well her problem is her cancer not any dementia which under normal circumstances is a rare side ...
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| Sinus Headache or Brain Tumor | 11/26/2007 |
Q: I am a 29 yr old male who is currently being treated for depression and panic disorder. Three days ...
A: You NEVER diagnose a brain tumor after just 3 days of symptoms (unless found by accident on a CT or ...
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| Brain Tumour After Bowel Cancer | 11/23/2007 |
Q: My dad , 63 , has surgery to remove cancer of the colon approx 24 months ago. He has been left with ...
A: Yes, his corticosteroid medication seems to be working and yes unfortunately that is part of the ...
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| Fibrillary Grade II Astrocytomas | 11/21/2007 |
Q: My mother had been diagonised of a Fibrillary Grade II Astrocytoma. She had undergone surgery and ...
A: In the long run it is. But a grade II astrocytoma is slowly growing - as your mother's long survival ...
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| My mother has a 4th stage brain tumor | 11/20/2007 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with a stage 4 brain tumor a month ago and underwent a surgery 3 days ...
A: I suppose you mean a GRADE 4 primary brain tumor(primary brain tumors do not have stages). NO ...
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| brain mass | 11/15/2007 |
Q: My friend has a history of nose bleeds. She has hemophilia. In the last 6 months she began having ...
A: THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A TUMOR BUT SOMETHING CONNECTED TO HER BLEEDING TENDENCY SO YOU SHOULD DISCUSS ...
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| brain tumor | 11/13/2007 |
Q: My dad has been experiencing inability to remember certain words & memory loss. he had one severe ...
A: It is a bit big for radiological removal with the GammaKnife or the CyberKnife or with proton beams ...
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| Treatment Options for Inoperable Astrocytoma | 11/13/2007 |
Q: My 23 year-old daughter has been diagnosed with two inoperable astroocytoma around her thalamus. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! You do not mention how big these tumors are. ...
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| pain in around brain stem and increased salivation | 11/13/2007 |
Q: I have a chronic pain in the back of my head - lower center which I imagine is close to where the ...
A: If an MRI of your brain did not show any tumor it is MOST unlikely that you have ANY brain tumor. ...
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| Gamma-Knife on left thalamic anaplastic astrocytome | 11/8/2007 |
Q: Nordquist I had posted a couple questions about my brother's (Age 26) condition in the following ...
A: 1.Probably not. This therapy has very few side effects really. 2. Not necessarily, but all depends ...
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| symptoms | 11/8/2007 |
Q: my name is Jayne. About 5 years ago, my sister, who's 35, was experiencing mild "stroke like" ...
A: This sounds like a severe neurological disorder, but not necessarily a brain tumor! I'm not a ...
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| Brain Tumour After Bowel Cancer | 11/7/2007 |
Q: My dad , 63 , has surgery to remove cancer of the colon approx 24 months ago. He has been left with ...
A: Yes chemo therapy is available that may slow the process down but it will unfortunately not be able ...
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| brain tumor and merkel cell | 11/7/2007 |
Q: My father has stage 4 Merkel Cell that has spread to his lymph nodes, bones and eventually brain. ...
A: Actually it can be either or both in combination, really no way to tell. As the daughter tumors in ...
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| About Grade II Astrocytoma | 11/6/2007 |
Q: Recent one of my relative under gone the surgery for brain tumor. The pathology report categorized ...
A: ALL malignant brain tumors have a bad prognosis even with all possible treatment. The survival time ...
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| Cancer-sharp pain in head | 11/1/2007 |
Q: My uncle died a couple years ago of a type of rare cancer. When the first symptom appeared, a sharp ...
A: Sorry this symptom description is too vague to permit a sure and secure diagnosis! Most malignant ...
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| benign meningioma complicated | 10/28/2007 |
Q: gustaf i wrote to you some time ago regarding my condition. i was dx w/a benign meningioma ...
A: First of all so called alternative medicine, herbs, vitamins, acupuncture all have nothing to offer ...
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| Nonspecific signal irregularity | 10/26/2007 |
Q: My 16 month old daughter had a brain MRI after cerebral palsy diagnosis. Nonspecific signal ...
A: This is actually outside my area of expertise since it obviously is not a brain tumor case. What is ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 10/23/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, My wife, Frances is 47 of age. In May 2004 she was diagnosed with an anaplastic ...
A: Her assesment is possible. How probable is another matter. I'm not prepared to go further than that. ...
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| terminal brain tumour | 10/22/2007 |
Q: My dad is 55 and has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour. He had bowel cancer 2 years ago ...
A: He is an obvious stage 4 cancer since it has spread to another organ. In order to define grade I ...
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| Cannot afford brain tumor surgery | 10/21/2007 |
Q: I have a friend who told me about a young girl (age 16) who has a brain tumor but her family cannot ...
A: Well, that is what you do when you rate like this or as I wrote to somebody else who did a similar ...
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| high voltage electricity - cancer | 10/20/2007 |
Q: Why when I stay under high voltage electricity, I have headache?
A: There is NO good evidence that there is ANY connection between high voltage electricity and cancer - ...
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| Cannot afford brain tumor surgery | 10/19/2007 |
Q: I have a friend who told me about a young girl (age 16) who has a brain tumor but her family cannot ...
A: Sorry, I'm a Swede living in Sweden. I have no knowledge of such matters where you live wherever ...
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| melanoma | 10/17/2007 |
Q: does a recurrent tumor mean, the cancer is spreading? or when treated with gamma knife they missed a ...
A: Both alternatives are possible - even at the same time! If a malignant tumor has spread to anywhere ...
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| Astrocytoma | 10/16/2007 |
Q: My mother has astrocyotma grade 2 and has finished 32 rounds of radiation therapy. The tumor is ...
A: I'm sorry, there are so many uncertainties involved here that I can not tell you from afar what is ...
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| BRAIN TUMOR | 10/15/2007 |
Q: I HAVE ALWAYS SUFFERED FROM TENSION HEADACHES BUT THEY JUST LASTED 1 DAY ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO I WAS FOR ...
A: Your symptoms can indeed be caused by problems in your neck-shoulder region and from your ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 10/14/2007 |
Q: my husband has been diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma grade III five years ago.It had been ...
A: Unfortunately just the pictures are not enough for that! It has to be determined together with the ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 10/13/2007 |
Q: my husband has been diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma grade III five years ago.It had been ...
A: There is a upper limit to how much radiation therapy that can be given. How much more - if any - he ...
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| Brain Mass | 10/13/2007 |
Q: I have not been able to smell for about 6+ months and have also been getting alot of headaches..I ...
A: Surgery is definitely quite possible. But before your full treatment can be decided it has to be ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 10/13/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, My wife, Frances is 47 of age. In May 2004 she was diagnosed with an anaplastic ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! ALL malignant brain tumors have a bad prognosis in ...
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| mestasized brian melanoma | 10/12/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed in May with melanoma, it has spread from the skin to lymph nodes and most ...
A: Unfortunately there is not much I can offer. Malignant melanoma is usually not very sensitive to ...
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| Brain mass on CAT Scan | 10/8/2007 |
Q: 50 yr old female, recently had CAT Scan w/contrasting dye, which showed a grey mass in my brain (i ...
A: What is described is NOT a "mass" at all but an area in the "white matter", which is some distance ...
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| brian tumor | 10/4/2007 |
Q: I have a friend and he has a Brian tumor right by his eye and i want to know what can i do for him? ...
A: You, yourself, can unfortunately not do much except maybe help him with immediate needs. Has he seen ...
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| Brain mass on CAT Scan | 10/3/2007 |
Q: 50 yr old female, recently had CAT Scan w/contrasting dye, which showed a grey mass in my brain (i ...
A: The most probable thing IS actually a tumor (not necessarily malignant). Aneurysms and other blood ...
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| Brain mass on CAT Scan | 10/3/2007 |
Q: 50 yr old female, recently had CAT Scan w/contrasting dye, which showed a grey mass in my brain (i ...
A: I would really need a lot more information - preferably your whole CT scan report - to be able to ...
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| benign meningioma | 10/3/2007 |
Q: i was recently diagnosed w/benign meningioma 2cm parasellar mass(i am 47 y/o). saw a neurosurgeon ...
A: With the location you mention it is indeed close to both the optic nerves and to the carotid artery. ...
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| medulloblastoma | 9/29/2007 |
Q: My 4 year old nephew was diagnosed with high risk medulooblastoma 10weeks ago. He has had surgery ...
A: That depends on how much unstable and in what way. Please clarify! Why do you think he can not take ...
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| Hereditary brain tumours | 9/28/2007 |
Q: followed by his aunt (mother's sister) and his grandmother has just died from the a brain tumour. ...
A: At the moment no hereditary factors are known with regards to brain tumors. But I agree this seems ...
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| Brain Tumors | 9/28/2007 |
Q: Mom was diagnoised with four tumors on her brain which was caused by melanoma,she has already ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about her - and your - problems! Unfortunately malignant melanomas are ...
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| Scared... | 9/25/2007 |
Q: Good Morning Sir! I have many questions and I am looking everywhere to get as much information as I ...
A: As one military person to another (I was chief medical officer for the Royal Guards, the Royal Horse ...
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| cystic mass | 9/25/2007 |
Q: I was in a motorcycle accident last Thursday, and at the E.R. the doctor's did a CT scan (or my head ...
A: It is too early to be sure what this is, that is why the MRI scan will be done in a couple of days. ...
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| Melanoma Spread To The Brain? | 9/24/2007 |
Q: My 34 yr old partner was diagnosed w/ stage IIIa Nodular Melanoma last November. His treatment was ...
A: Interferon usually gives flu like symptoms but hardly the neurological signs you describe. Tell him ...
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| Tumor Growth | 9/21/2007 |
Q: Doctor, I have a concerned family member and I ask my question out of curiosity and a desire to ...
A: Tumors like people are individuals not clones. So growth rates are different from case to case. It ...
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| anaplastic oligodendroglioma | 9/21/2007 |
Q: a relative has it. Had two brain operations at Duke. Since last end of 2006 has had chemo and ...
A: Maximum a few years, probably less. Since these tumors are often located in the frontal brain lobes ...
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| Lung cancer | 9/20/2007 |
Q: My sister in law had a biopsy this past friday(9/14/07) of a knot in her neck. Monday the dr said ...
A: If indeed it has spread to her brain she is a stage 4 cancer case, the worst alternative. Well if ...
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| WHO GRADE II MAYBE III | 9/18/2007 |
Q: WE UNFORTUNATELY ARE TRUSTING THE NEUROPATHOLOGIST AND TEAM THATS SAYS IT'S A III. WITH THAT WHEN ...
A: I have looked back to your previous questions and from them I get the information that her tumor was ...
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| glioblastoma brain tumor | 9/15/2007 |
Q: My grandmother was diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor that is located deep into the right ...
A: Mainly brain swelling (from the radiation - that will be taken care of by corticosteroids, ...
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| astrocytoma | 9/12/2007 |
Q: Dr, can you tell me about Astrocytoma? What is the mortality rate of this tumor compared to other ...
A: Depends on what type of astrocytoma we are talking about but almost ALL malignant astrocytomas will ...
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| Grade 2 astrocytoma | 9/11/2007 |
Q: My mom was diagonised with Grade2 astrocytoma (according to the biopsy) in May 2007.She is 64 yars ...
A: If the grade 2 is correct it is probably a rather slowly growing tumor so she could have a few years ...
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| Re:accoustic Neroma | 9/10/2007 |
Q: Doc, My husband has an "AN" it is I believe 2 & 1/2 cm by 2. He has done radiation 28 days , here @ ...
A: Cyberknife I think is very similar to GammaKnife. Actually an AN of this size should be possible to ...
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| brain cyst | 9/10/2007 |
Q: Please help me with this diagnosis. I have been diagnosed with a moderate nonspecific white matter ...
A: A cyst can be called a kind of tumor but it is NOT normally what you would call a tumor - it is NOT ...
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| Re:accoustic Neroma | 9/9/2007 |
Q: Doc, My husband has an "AN" it is I believe 2 & 1/2 cm by 2. He has done radiation 28 days , here @ ...
A: How was this radiation done? Proton beams? GammaKnife? Anything else. AN can basically only be ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade 4 Cancer | 9/6/2007 |
Q: Good Afternoon Doctor, My husband is 26 years old and was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme ...
A: Based on previous experience all patients with GBM grade 4 die of their tumour usually not much more ...
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| Brain tumor????? | 9/5/2007 |
Q: I was diagnosed with breast cancer about 1 year ago. I did 8 round and chemo which shrunk the tumor ...
A: It is possible, though not usual. It could also have spread before diagnosis or after chemo therapy. ...
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| MRI results, can you help me understand? | 9/5/2007 |
Q: Can you help me understand my results better? Findings: The cerebral cortex was well visualized ...
A: This is NOT a tumor! Just as they have told you you can see similar findings in many different ...
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| Oliogodendroglioma | 9/5/2007 |
Q: please can you tell me the prognosis for a well differentiated R oligodendroglioma with unknown ...
A: Without knowing the grade it is difficult or rather impossible to give you an accurate evaluation. ...
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| my friend | 8/29/2007 |
Q: but i see that he is slipping in his ways he never told nobody only me his family does not even ...
A: Unfortunately it is impossible to exactly predict survival times and without knowing MUCH MORE about ...
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| what do you think? | 8/25/2007 |
Q: hi umm my uncle pete has just recently been diagnosed with a brain tumor and the doctors can not ...
A: Well, his prognosis depends on what kind of brain tumor he has got. A benign (non cancerous) brain ...
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| Breast, Lung and now Brain Cancer | 8/24/2007 |
Q: I've been reading your posts and very impressed with your honesty. I am hoping you can answer some ...
A: Ok, I will be very frank because I sense that you want to know the truth as I see it. In my opinion ...
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| Grade G tumor | 8/24/2007 |
Q: My friend has taken ill whilst working in Boston. They have told him that he has a grade G tumor ...
A: There is NO SUCH thing as a grade G tumor! So there must be some mistake or misunderstanding here! ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 8/24/2007 |
Q: my husband (age 70) was diagnosed with gbm in may 2007. he has ungone radiation and temodar, now on ...
A: Unfortunately I do not have much to offer. The prognosis of this tumor is, I'm sorry to say, very ...
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| Brain Tumor | 8/23/2007 |
Q: In 1998, my husband was diagnosed with brain cancer. Ganglioglioma. Surgery was performed to remove ...
A: That is of course quite possible. Thromboembolism is one of the great extra dangers in a case like ...
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| Brain Tumor | 8/23/2007 |
Q: In 1998, my husband was diagnosed with brain cancer. Ganglioglioma. Surgery was performed to remove ...
A: If his drs. who are at the scene can not tell you it is actually even harder for me from afar to ...
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| anticarilin | 8/22/2007 |
Q: My doctor found a spot on my right frontal lob from a MRI I had. He is wanting to do other test such ...
A: This is actually a question for a neurologist not a tumor dr. It is, I think, an antibody test. I ...
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| Brain Lesions and Esophagel Cancer | 8/22/2007 |
Q: My brother is 52 and was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in March 2007, stage 4. He had chemo and ...
A: I do not think the radiation is the cause of his new problem. Instead I'm rather sure the cause is ...
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| Head pain | 8/20/2007 |
Q: I have a pain in the back lower left side of my head. the pain is NEVER there until, I am being ...
A: First of all, I'm NOT a neurologist or a neurosurgeon! I'm a cancer dr., a medical oncologist & ...
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| Worried about my girlfriend's symptoms, Headaches, Nausea, etc. | 8/16/2007 |
Q: This is most likely me overeacting but I just want to rule out some things. Over the past couple of ...
A: Since you - and maybe she too - are worried from this I think that it is best that you let a dr. ...
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| secondary brain cancer cells | 8/16/2007 |
Q: My friend who has got small cell lung cancer, 15 weeks ago was diagnosed with brain cancer they said ...
A: Lung cancers very often spread to the brain so this is unfortunately not unusual in such cases. Her ...
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| Post-traumatic Brain lesion | 8/15/2007 |
Q: I have an interesting case that I hope you can help me with. I can't go into all the details because ...
A: first of all I'm not a neurologist or a neurosurgeon I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist ...
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| gbmIV | 8/13/2007 |
Q: my husband has a gbm grade IV. we are going through a lot and we have a 2 year old which makes the ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about his and your situation! Well his drs. are right but I'll try to give ...
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| inoperable meningioma | 8/12/2007 |
Q: right CPA meningioma. Is it normal to have runny nose, sensation of swelling, and throbbing in tumor ...
A: Probably only if rather advanced and also depending on its location. But this is a question that is ...
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| I'm worried about my Partner | 8/10/2007 |
Q: He's been experiencing headache now and then, he can be violent sometimes he forget things he did ...
A: If he has changed in personality etc. so that these symptoms are somethin new and not seen before it ...
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| brain radiation | 8/1/2007 |
Q: my husband has just finished radiation for secondary tumors to the brain (from the lung), he was in ...
A: Well, like his dr. I have to say that such a scan would not serve much of a practical purpose. The ...
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| G BM GRADE IV | 8/1/2007 |
Q: My mother has undergone a surgery for removal of brain tumor. the Docs used the Brain Suite for the ...
A: Unfortunately a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) grade IV (4) has a 100% mortality rate (death rate) ...
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| Brain Mass | 7/31/2007 |
Q: I wer=nt to the ER for vertigo and stiff neck ...they did 2 caT SCANS ON ME 1 WITHOUT CONTRAST THAT ...
A: From your description I doubt very much that this is anything to worry about at all but of course we ...
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| Brain "Mass" in Left Semiovale | 7/31/2007 |
Q: My Mom who is a very healthy 51 year old, has been experiencing debilitating migraines in the right ...
A: I'm sorry! That is so far very doubtful but impossible to be sure of until more investigation ...
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| Tumor in fourth ventricle | 7/30/2007 |
Q: I'm a 40 year only female with a 6.3mm tumor in my fourth ventricle. (it attached to the 'spinal ...
A: I myself have a similar tumor of about the same size in my right side ventricle of my brain. We have ...
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| brain tumor | 7/28/2007 |
Q: I've had problems with frequent headaches all my life, and in an attempt to hopefully find out what ...
A: From your description I doubt it very much since it is most probably far too small for that. The ...
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| small mass in the Brain | 7/27/2007 |
Q: My wife was having head pain any after several visits to her regular doctor they finally did an MRI ...
A: Your question includes very little information for me to work with so to be on the safe side I ...
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| treatment for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM ) (Grade IV ) | 7/27/2007 |
Q: My mother has been recently diagnosed with the above brain tumor, I am aware of the prognosis of her ...
A: The normal therapy scheme consists of daily treatments 5 days per week for a total therapy time of ...
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| brain cancer | 7/25/2007 |
Q: hay ya my mum has brain cancer she had a lump under here ear 9 years ago she showd the doctor the ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problem! Please, to be able to help you I need to know - if ...
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| brain tumour | 7/23/2007 |
Q: how long on average do you live when you have a tumour?? and what kind of tumour gives you the ...
A: Depends entirely on what kind of brain tumour we are talking about. Benign or malignant (cancerous) ...
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| pregnancy and brain tumors | 7/23/2007 |
Q: I was diagnosed with a pilocytair astrocytoma on the brain stem 9 months ago. I had a partial ...
A: My dear this was a HARD question! So hard in fact that I'm not sure how to answer it. What was the ...
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| brain melanoma | 7/20/2007 |
Q: My 85yo mother had a melanoma removed from her ear about 2 years ago. Her HMO did not stage it ...
A: Malignant melanoma is usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemo therapy. With several ...
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| Metastatic Brain Tumors | 7/20/2007 |
Q: My brother is 31. They just found a spot on his lung. 3 days ago, the left side of his body when ...
A: If indeed the "spot" of his lung is a cancer it is very likely that the lesion in his brain is a ...
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| shadow on MRI | 7/19/2007 |
Q: My husband, age 59, has Stage IV Melanoma that has metastized to his brain. He had 3 lesions that ...
A: Please, I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first language. Americans are very fond ...
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| brain tumor on left side | 7/16/2007 |
Q: Is a 1-3/4" size tumor considered to be large on the left side of my 75 year old's Mother brain?
A: Well it is certainly not insignificant if it is - as I believe you mean, please correct me if I'm ...
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| Lipoma Tumor | 7/12/2007 |
Q: I am a 24 year old female. I had recently had a severe headache. My PCP checked me and could tell ...
A: I'm in Stockholm, Sweden so rather far from you! In this situation I think there are 2 things you ...
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| Brain Tumors | 7/9/2007 |
Q: Ji Me again! I spoke with my brother yesterday. He had spent all day at the hospital, he has ...
A: Well since I for obvious reasons can not check him his dr. must be informed and he SHOULD let his ...
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| Brain Tumors | 7/9/2007 |
Q: Ji Me again! I spoke with my brother yesterday. He had spent all day at the hospital, he has ...
A: rash etc. are probably the result of his corticosteroid therapy - which is necessary in order to ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade IV | 7/8/2007 |
Q: In September of 2006 my mother in-law had surgery to remove a brain tumor which was determined to be ...
A: The estimated survival time you mention for her is probably correct though it may be shorter. ...
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| secondary brain cancer from breast | 7/7/2007 |
Q: My sister had a plum size tumor removed from her brain. The neurosurgeon advised us that it is ...
A: Ok, I suppose that the MRI scan was done in order to check her brain condition? Yes chemo therapy ...
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| brain tumer | 7/6/2007 |
Q: BIOPSY REPORT OF BRAIN TUMER DIFFUSELY INFILTRATING LOW GRADE ASTROCYTOMA(WHO GRADE 2)RIGHT PARIETO ...
A: If this truly is a grade 2 astrocytoma a survival time of several years - though I can NOT guarantee ...
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| intrasellar cystic mass | 7/6/2007 |
Q: I am being treated for hypothyroidism and hyperprolactinemia. My 2 recent MRI results are as ...
A: You have a tumor at the site of your pituitary (hypophyse). The tumor seems to be a cystic mass at ...
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| my nephew | 7/4/2007 |
Q: My nephew has a problem every time he gets a fever he has a terrible headache.Almost to the point i ...
A: Headache ONLY when having a fever (probably due to a virus infection) is hardly a symptom of a brain ...
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| Giving birth with a brain tumor. | 7/2/2007 |
Q: I am currently 37 weeks pregnant and ready to give birth at any time now. I have a question that I ...
A: No you do not have that at present but it is at least possible that that could happen during labor! ...
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| Giving birth with a brain tumor. | 7/1/2007 |
Q: I am currently 37 weeks pregnant and ready to give birth at any time now. I have a question that I ...
A: That depends on type of any tumor, its size, location in your brain etc. So it is not possible to ...
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| 6.6 mm calcified right frontal lobe meningioma | 6/30/2007 |
Q: I was recently diagnosed with a small (6.6mm) calcified right frontal lobe meningioma which is not ...
A: I doubt that these symptoms too have anything to do with this lesion. Well if there was nothing ...
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| CNS | 6/26/2007 |
Q: My boyfriend (in his 30s) diagnosed in sept for NHL and in april the said it has gone into CNS. ...
A: Well if it has spread to his brain he really does not have much of a choice! He has to have ...
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| brain tumor | 6/25/2007 |
Q: I am a male soon to be 60 in August. I have never had frequent headaches, in fact, I rarely have a ...
A: Yes I think you should, to be on the safe side! And also an ear-nose-and-throat specialist. It need ...
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| secondary brain cancer from breast | 6/24/2007 |
Q: My sister had a plum size tumor removed from her brain. The neurosurgeon advised us that it is ...
A: First of all in a situation like this no one can promise that all of the tumor has been removed. If ...
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| GBM Treatments | 6/23/2007 |
Q: My daughter who is 15 was diagnosed with GBM IV in her spine in her neck April 2006. Most was ...
A: Unfortunately in practical therapy there is (at least yet) no real difference between American & ...
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| grade 4 brain tumour | 6/23/2007 |
Q: My brother inlaw in UK has recenlty been diagnosed with a Grade 4 brain tumour. He has had surgery, ...
A: If he has received radiation therapy before to his brain it may very well be impossible to give him ...
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| Pineal Tumor? | 6/22/2007 |
Q: .I am hoping that you can answer some question regarding my son's MRI report. This is how it ...
A: 1. It IS a tumor BUT most probably - almost certainly - a BENIGN (non cancerous, non malignant) one. ...
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| GBM Treatments | 6/22/2007 |
Q: My daughter who is 15 was diagnosed with GBM IV in her spine in her neck April 2006. Most was ...
A: Unfortunately I can not offer you any such solution to your problem. I'm sorry I obviously did not ...
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| reacurrance of meningiomas | 6/20/2007 |
Q: help me out on this one as well please, seeing that this tumor is now removed, do they cut the roots ...
A: If they have got ALL the tumour out it is gone and can not return! If something is left of it in ...
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| Tumors?? | 6/20/2007 |
Q: I just recently found out that my grandpa (who is in his early 80's) has a tumor behind his eye. ...
A: Without knowing what kind of tumor he has it is unfortunately impossible to answer your question! My ...
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| reacurrance of meningiomas | 6/19/2007 |
Q: I was diagnosed on 6/1/2005 with ananterior craniocervical meningioma, Dr Karan and his team from ...
A: No one knows what causes this kind of tumour! The risk that it will come back is probably small but ...
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| 6.6 mm calcified right frontal lobe meningioma | 6/19/2007 |
Q: I was recently diagnosed with a small (6.6mm) calcified right frontal lobe meningioma which is not ...
A: I doubt very much that it has anything at all to do with your other symptoms. The only connection I ...
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| Secondary Brain Cancer | 6/18/2007 |
Q: I would like to give you a brief summary of what my husband was diagnosed with and see if you may be ...
A: Yes with so low platelet levels chemo therapy is impossible! Radiation therapy locally MAY still be ...
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| Fevers | 6/15/2007 |
Q: My mother had a shunt punt in the right side of her brain approximately 7 years ago. For the last 3 ...
A: It sounds very much like episodes of bacteriaemia (= microbes in her blood, like short spells of ...
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| melanoma metastasis to brain | 6/15/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, My father-in-law was diagnosed today with a "growth", as they told him. He has already ...
A: Why does he think it is a melanoma? Has he been operated for one? Melanomas are usually not very ...
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| brain tumors and pregnancy | 6/15/2007 |
Q: I have a grade 2 astrosytomas and am in remmision now but was concidering to get pregnant.I am not ...
A: this is really a hard question! Ultimately the choice must be yours and only yours! I suppose you ...
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| Secondary Brain Cancer | 6/14/2007 |
Q: I would like to give you a brief summary of what my husband was diagnosed with and see if you may be ...
A: Yes unfortunately it is very probable that this is a new sign of his old lung cancer spreading to ...
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| GBM IV | 6/12/2007 |
Q: My husband was dx 02/07 with GBM. The doctor said he removed 95% of it and he has had 30 radiation ...
A: I'm sorry to have to disapoint you but glioblastoma multiforme tumors - at least those of grade 3 to ...
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| Thalamic glioma | 6/12/2007 |
Q: Sir what is thalamic glioma, its operation is possible and what is the success % of its surgery.
A: It is a malignant brain tumour (in order to tell you how malignant I would need to know its grade ...
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| Concerned | 6/11/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, I am a 47 year old female. I had a seizure (my whole body jerking)last week for the ...
A: WEll it should be very important to get a CT and/or MRI scan as soon as possible in order to make ...
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| Melanoma stage 4 | 6/11/2007 |
Q: My niece had melanoma on her lower back 3 years ago. She had surgery to remove the tumor. Now she is ...
A: All sorts of symptoms are possible when there are tumors present there. The important thing is not ...
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| brain tumor? | 6/11/2007 |
Q: I first need to give a little history. For the past 2+ years, Ive had TMJ, which doctors have said. ...
A: From your description you probably are somewhat paranoid. What you describe does not make me think ...
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| Pain in my head and behind my left ear | 6/10/2007 |
Q: i have been experiencing severe pain in my head near my left ear till the forehead.It is unbearable. ...
A: Perhaps, but only an examination can clarify that so unfortunately I do suggest check ups both with ...
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| Brain Tumor- Astrocytoma | 6/8/2007 |
Q: My mother recently has been diagnosed with astrocytoma. She went through surgery 6 weeks ago, and ...
A: Well, I more or less agree with her oncologist. Her tumor may indeed shrink but only temporarily and ...
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| Melanoma stage 4 | 6/8/2007 |
Q: My niece had melanoma on her lower back 3 years ago. She had surgery to remove the tumor. Now she is ...
A: First of all malignant melanoma is usually not very radiation sensitive! It is also usually not very ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma in left thalamus | 6/7/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, Thank you for your kind and thorough answer. And yes, your guess is right, I'm from ...
A: Your country was not really a guess. I'm Swedish and nominally Christian (Protestant) but really not ...
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| Secondary Brain Cancer | 6/7/2007 |
Q: I would like to give you a brief summary of what my husband was diagnosed with and see if you may be ...
A: Well, that means that his chances of surviving this cancer are very small. Yes often cancer patients ...
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| Brain Tumors | 6/6/2007 |
Q: Ji Me again! I spoke with my brother yesterday. He had spent all day at the hospital, he has ...
A: Unfortunately I have to tell you that his prognosis is very bad or rather it is hopeless. All what ...
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| metastatic brain coma and death | 6/6/2007 |
Q: My friend with metastatic brain cancer has been in a coma for two weeks now, with respiratory ...
A: Without any complication including pneumonia, thrombosis-embolia etc. she can hold on for many weeks ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 6/6/2007 |
Q: my brother, who is 57 yrs.old,was diaognosed in nov.2006 with a glioblastoma. this was my first time ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately a glioblastoma multiforme is a ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme | 6/4/2007 |
Q: My husband has been diagnoised with Glioblastoma Multiforme. He had the tumor removed, has had his ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! You have not mentioned what the grade of his tumor ...
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| Secondary brain tumours | 6/2/2007 |
Q: My brother was diagnosed with lung cancer some months ago. Told that it was inoperable due t ...
A: It is technically possible to provide pain relief at home by intravenous infusion or other injection ...
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| Secondery Brain Tumor | 6/2/2007 |
Q: My aunt that lives in Mexico her cancer started at her lungs.Now we received the news that it's ...
A: Unfortunately she will not get any better, at least not on her own. With radiation therapy she MAY ...
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| Bro in law, brain tumors cancer | 6/1/2007 |
Q: My Brother in law is in the last days with brain cancer/lung/and all over....He is in bed all the ...
A: Well due to his illness his brain is not working properly, so he is probably very confused most of ...
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| GBM Brain Tumor - grade 4 | 5/31/2007 |
Q: My mother just had brain surgery and tumor was removed 5/17/07. She currently lives in Texas, but is ...
A: This was a tough question! I can not decide this for you, I can only give the facts and let you ...
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| Brain/Lung cancer Stage 4 | 5/30/2007 |
Q: My mother has cancer, she has 10 tumors in the brain and the primary in the left lung. She has been ...
A: Chemo therapy has as an unavoidable side effect that it depresses the bone marrow that produces ...
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| Secondary Brain Cancer | 5/29/2007 |
Q: I would like to give you a brief summary of what my husband was diagnosed with and see if you may be ...
A: This must be very difficult for you! Unfortunately I think you at least have to consider hospice ...
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| cystic mass cyst | 5/28/2007 |
Q: I'm 22 and just been told I have a solid cystic mass measuring 17 x 11 x 12mm centered on the pineal ...
A: Yes you have some kind of tumour there. You describe what it looks like on an MRI scan. That is just ...
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| mass on brain | 5/27/2007 |
Q: My wife had a MRI yesterday and we found out that she has a mass on the front of her brain. The ...
A: You have given me far too little information for me to really be able to help you. If indeed there ...
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| Secondery Brain Tumor | 5/26/2007 |
Q: My aunt that lives in Mexico her cancer started at her lungs.Now we received the news that it's ...
A: It is actually quite common that a lung cancer spreads to the brain. Its growth there can be ...
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| Secondary Brain Cancer | 5/25/2007 |
Q: I would like to give you a brief summary of what my husband was diagnosed with and see if you may be ...
A: I'm sorry things are going bad so quickly, but I have to say that I'm not surprised! If the cancer ...
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| anaplastic oligodendraglioma | 5/18/2007 |
Q: My father was diagnosed in early 2003 with an oligodendraglioma. He had surgery that went well, ...
A: It is unfortunately impossible to predict survival time with any great accuracy but you can probably ...
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| Glioblastoma multiform care at home | 5/18/2007 |
Q: Is it possible to care for a loved one at home until the "end?" I'm speaking of Glioblastoma ...
A: It is POSSIBLE but VERY difficult and certainly NOT necessarily the best solution for the patient ...
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| GBM Grade IV | 5/17/2007 |
Q: My husband (age 42, 5'7 160 lbs) was recently diagnosed with an astrocytoma GBM grade IV. they did ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your husband's and your problems and because I can not bring you better ...
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| anaplastic oligodendraglioma | 5/10/2007 |
Q: My father was diagnosed in early 2003 with an oligodendraglioma. He had surgery that went well, ...
A: The radiation will cause some brain swelling. But that can usually be controled with steroids. His ...
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| Concern about a painful bump on top of head, and headaches everyday, and some nausea | 5/8/2007 |
Q: I appreciate your help, I would like a generalization answer if you can not give me a direct answer, ...
A: It is not clear to me that your "bump" in any way is connected to your pain & nausea. They may very ...
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| Diffused Pontine Glioma | 5/3/2007 |
Q: I have a friend with a 9 year old son who is suffering with Pontine glioma. The Doctors said there ...
A: I do understand your concern but I can only evaluate this tragic situation if I'm given all - or at ...
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| meindioma | 4/14/2007 |
Q: My wife had a brain tumour left side removed 4 years ago, the operation went badly, she is disabled ...
A: This sounds more as a result of an accident during her surgery than as a result of her tumor itself! ...
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| meindioma | 4/13/2007 |
Q: My wife had a brain tumour left side removed 4 years ago, the operation went badly, she is disabled ...
A: You have written the name of her tumor here but this is not anything I recognize and I do not want ...
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| hipothalamus cancer | 4/12/2007 |
Q: My father,62, has tumor inside the hypothalamus found out 1 week ago with MR(but 4 weeks ago with ...
A: It is strange that nothing was found 4 weeks ago - unless this has been caught very early! Lung ...
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| Intracranial lipoma | 4/2/2007 |
Q: I have recently had an MRI that suggests an intracranial lipoma. I then was referred to a ...
A: If I understood your measurements correctly it is 1.5x0.5x0.5 cm. Correct? The neurosurgeon may very ...
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| Thalamic Anaplastic astrocytoma | 4/1/2007 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with a Thalamic anaplastic astrocytoma in May of 2004. The Doctor's at ...
A: GammaKnife & CyberKnife treatment (I'm a Swede educated at the Royal Karolinska Institute & the ...
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| grade 4 astrocytoma | 4/1/2007 |
Q: My 79 yr old dad was just dx by MRI with agressive GBM with necrosis in the frontal lobe-crossing ...
A: Both tumors and patients are individuals not clones, i.e. not carbon copies, so I can not just based ...
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| GBM stage 4 | 4/1/2007 |
Q: he was diagnosed August 2006. He was feeling leftside knumbness and clumsiness at that time. Two ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! A glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 has a very bad ...
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| Thalamic Anaplastic astrocytoma | 4/1/2007 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with a Thalamic anaplastic astrocytoma in May of 2004. The Doctor's at ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Yes unfortunately her condition is about as serious ...
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| DNET TUMOUR | 3/31/2007 |
Q: WHAT IF ALL THE TUMOUR COULD NOT BE REMOVED
A: That is unfortunate, it will make radiation therapy after surgery more difficult and have a negative ...
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| Many symptoms | 3/31/2007 |
Q: I have recetly went through what was probably the most stressful event of my life. And I must admit ...
A: These are NOT symptoms that make me start suspecting that you have a brain tumor, but perhaps these ...
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| Headache | 3/25/2007 |
Q: I've been having a localized headache (left side, top front of head) for three months. It is ...
A: No, scalp pain & tenderness are not ordinary brain tumor symptoms. Well, loss of sensitivity in the ...
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| GBM Phase 4 brain tumor | 3/21/2007 |
Q: march 13,2007 my mother was diagnosed with a GBM Brain Tumor phase 4...we know the obvious about the ...
A: GBM (glioblastoma multiforme) grade 4 (IV) is the most malignant primary brain tumor that exists. So ...
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| GBM Phase 4 brain tumor | 3/20/2007 |
Q: march 13,2007 my mother was diagnosed with a GBM Brain Tumor phase 4...we know the obvious about the ...
A: Well, all previous kinds of therapy of cases of GBM, grade 4 have been in vain but new methods like ...
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| Melanoma Cancer | 3/20/2007 |
Q: My father got diagnosed in November with Melanoma cancer. We were not told what stage, as i am going ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems. If it has spread to his lungs - which seems ...
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| Brain tumor? | 3/18/2007 |
Q: Shortly after giving birth to my son 16 months ago I started to get these headaches on the left side ...
A: The neurologist will have to go back to old clinical methods of examination. They are not so easy ...
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| Brain tumor? | 3/15/2007 |
Q: Shortly after giving birth to my son 16 months ago I started to get these headaches on the left side ...
A: Without an examination it is impossible for me to tell you what it is! So my only advice must be ...
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| Brain Cancer and Temodar | 3/14/2007 |
Q: I am suffering from Glioblastoma multiforme that is currently stable. However, I am taking Temodar ...
A: Your symptoms are probably a combinations of effects of your treated brain tumor and the treatment. ...
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| Brain tumor | 3/12/2007 |
Q: Doctor. We are just starting the process of dealing with my mother's recent diagnosis of a brain ...
A: Yes that seems to indicate a primary brain tumor. Well the prognosis of many - or rather most - ...
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| GBM - What to expect? | 3/12/2007 |
Q: My father in law was diagnosed with a Grade IV GBM in September 2006. He had surgery and they ...
A: Unfortunately this kind of tumor has an extremely bad prognosis regardless of therapy! He will most ...
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| Brain Tumor | 3/5/2007 |
Q: My husband is being operated on this week with a anaplastic astyrcoma grade 3-4 brain tumor. What am ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your troubles! Unfortunately such brain tumors - regardless of given ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 3/5/2007 |
Q: feb 1, 2007 my sister 46yrs old was diagonis with this brain tumor..they said they got it all,,how ...
A: Unfortunately I am not surprised by the claim of "getting it all out" which later turns out not to ...
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| metastic anal melanoma | 3/3/2007 |
Q: my husband had surgury in april to rem. anal melanoma 5 of 15 nodes where hot at that time it has ...
A: Unfortunately malignant melanoma is not very sensitive to radiation therapy or to chemo therapy, so ...
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| Inoperable GBM | 2/28/2007 |
Q: My 63 yr old Mother was diagnosed in November with a Grade IV inoperable GBM. She had 36 radiation ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Yes she is at that point unfortunately. She will sleep ...
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| Brain tumor | 2/23/2007 |
Q: I have a anaplastic astrocytoma.I have had the debulking,radiation and still doing chemo rounds of ...
A: One sleeps a lot, drifts into a coma and passes away. Not much pain. There may be epileptic fits ...
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| Visiting with a neurosurgeon for a consultation | 2/23/2007 |
Q: Background information My husband’s first episode occurred almost three years ago a month after ...
A: First of all it has almost certainly nothing to do with his service in Iraq. Without seeing the MRI ...
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| brain tumor - auditory nerve | 2/22/2007 |
Q: Can a tumor in the brain effecting the auditory nerve be completely removed? In San Diego ...
A: I suppose that what you describe is a so called acusticus neurinoma?! Correct? It depends then on a ...
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| brain mass | 2/20/2007 |
Q: what do you mean about what type of mass is it. will she need help you think after the operationsmy ...
A: There are many different kinds of brain tumors and what kind of tumor it is must be considered when ...
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| small cell lung cancer that has spread to the brain | 2/19/2007 |
Q: My father n law was diagnosed with lung cancer about a year ago. It was determined to be small ...
A: Unfortunately it is impossible to give you any exact time table. But we are talking months not years ...
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| brain mass | 2/18/2007 |
Q: my mother have a brain mass on the left side back of her ear the size small apple and she has lupus ...
A: It depends on what KIND of tumor she has. Of that I know nothing at the moment. However you state ...
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| frontal lobe brain tumor | 2/16/2007 |
Q: My sister just found out that she has a brain tumor. It is 7.2 centimeters and the doctors said that ...
A: If her tumor is growing fast it is most probably malignant though at the moment I can not without ...
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| non hodgkinson lymphoma of central nervous system | 2/11/2007 |
Q: as brain tumour what is leukodystraphy my husband has been told no more chemo will help him is now ...
A: If what he has is a non Hodgkin lymphoma in his brain and no more chemo therapy can be given the ...
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| Reg:advice on brain tumour | 2/7/2007 |
Q: I want to know the advice from you on cancer cure.Can you tell me what should be done for a patient ...
A: What investigations have been done? What did they show? Where is this brain tumor located? How big ...
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| breast cancer mets to brain | 2/5/2007 |
Q: This is the second time I have posted..I haven't received a response yet. I would be so appreciative ...
A: It HAS spread to her brain, not once but 2 times! If it has spread to her brain it is MOST probable ...
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| sister with melanoma in the brain | 2/4/2007 |
Q: My sister had a mole removed 3 years ago and after just receiving radition and interferon treatment ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Malignant melanoma is generally not very sensitive to ...
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| white mass on brain lecsions | 2/1/2007 |
Q: My friend just had an MRI because of severe fatigue, depression, and headaches. She has been told ...
A: "White spot lesions" on MRI scans of the brain MAY be associated with MS but other explanations are ...
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| final stages - anaplastic astrocytoma | 2/1/2007 |
Q: My brother has an anaplastic astrocytoma grade III. he had gross total craniotomy, and the maass ...
A: Based on your name I suppose your country is Turkey, correct? Though of course it can be another ...
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| Possible symptoms of brain tumor? | 1/30/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, In the middle of summer, I had a sudden dizziness spell. I went to the emergency room ...
A: If both rather recent CT & MRI scans of your brain have been negative it is MOST unlikely that you ...
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| WHO GRADE II MAYBE III | 1/27/2007 |
Q: Do you feel it is only a matter of time before she has symptoms. My concern is the chemo. If it's a ...
A: You can roughly divide up these tumours in 2 groups: Grade I & II are slowly growing and you can ...
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| WHO GRADE II MAYBE III | 1/27/2007 |
Q: MY GOOD FRIEND RECENTLY HAD A CRANIOTOMY TO REMOVE A FRONTOTEMPORAL 5.6CM ASTROCYTOMA.ABOUT 50% WAS ...
A: Many brain tumours are notoriously difficult to grade, so I'm really not that surprised by any ...
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| tumor | 1/23/2007 |
Q: In October of 2006, I went to the ER because I was experiencing symptoms: headaches as bad as ...
A: Without having the FULL CT & MRI reports available it is hard for me to have any opinion at all! I'm ...
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| MRI and a Brain Tumor | 1/22/2007 |
Q: Will an MRI w/ contrast show if a brain tumor is cancer? My Father age 64 is in the hospital now ...
A: MRI scans will in most cases give clues if a brain tumour is malignant or not but the final verdict ...
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| 13 yr. old son 1cm mass | 1/16/2007 |
Q: I was hoping for a possible explanation of the meaning of the enhancement ( I think it means mass ...
A: Sorry, I'm most of all a practical cancer dr. (including brain tumours). A more technical ...
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| brain tumor? | 1/14/2007 |
Q: I have been experiencing migrain headaches which began about thre months ago. I have had three ...
A: Some of your symptoms make me wonder if you may have a sinus condition in which case you should let ...
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| Brain Cancer | 1/12/2007 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with brain cancer and they removed 2 tumors from the front part of her ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! A lung cancer that has spread to her brain (even if ...
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| Does MRI always tell you everything?????? | 1/10/2007 |
Q: I'm sorry! I did not get the reply it was sent to wrong e-mail address! could you please answer ...
A: Well your questions should be directed to an expert of neurology! I'm a cancer dr. who has also ...
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| Does MRI always tell you everything?????? | 1/9/2007 |
Q: I'm a 42 y/o female. I've got lot's of non-specific symptoms for you to ponder... Noticed tingling ...
A: Well your questions should be directed to an expert of neurology! I'm a cancer dr. who has also ...
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| Stage 4 GSM | 1/8/2007 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with a stage 4 GSM in mid Dec 2006. He also has prostate cancer that he has ...
A: Unfortunately I will have to tell you that grade 4 brain tumours have such bad prognosis regardless ...
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| pain in back of head | 1/8/2007 |
Q: my wife has been complaining about pain in the back of her head on oneside. It's right above her ...
A: It does not sound like a brain tumour problem, but she obviously has a problem! Could very well be ...
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| glioblastoma | 1/8/2007 |
Q: my mother had surgery 16 months ago to remove a brain tumor followed by radiation then chemo which ...
A: Her neurologist is probably much better to give you advice on these things. However, unfortunately I ...
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| Melanoma | 1/6/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, Our 32 year old son has Melanoma it has spread to his brain, he now has tumors in the ...
A: I am very sorry to read about his and your problems! Malignant melanomas are not very sensitive to ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade IV | 1/3/2007 |
Q: My boyfriend has just been doagnosed with a Grade IV Glioblastoma Multiforme brain tumor. He is only ...
A: you have given me a tough job! I really can not say that his youth is any real advantage here - ...
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| severe headaches | 1/3/2007 |
Q: For about four weeks now I have been having severe headaches, neck pain and stiffness, nausea, ...
A: Even if you can not see a specialist (neurologist?) until in April the fact remains that you do need ...
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| brain tumor | 12/28/2006 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer 7 years ago it has since spread to her femur, clavicle, ...
A: Well if so her eye sight may be in peril - and her life itself. You have asked a straight question ...
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| metastatic melanoma | 12/27/2006 |
Q: My brother-in-law has Metastatic melanoma of the small bowels, and also secondary cancer in his ...
A: Is all this metastatic malignant melanoma or is there more than one type of cancer involved? If only ...
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| high grade astrocytoma | 12/26/2006 |
Q: My 13Y old daughter was diagnosed with high Grade astrocytoma. It was 9 cm and was located in the ...
A: Even if it seems to be completely removed probably post surgical radiation therapy could be of help ...
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| GBM | 12/26/2006 |
Q: My mother (aged 63y) was diagnosed in June 2006 after she sufferd a seizure, following up with ...
A: Not necessarily, but unfortunately it is quite possible that her tumour has increased in size since ...
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| Cyst on Front Parietal Lobe | 12/24/2006 |
Q: I was found to have a cyst on my front parietal lobe back in July of this year. The neurologist said ...
A: I'm not a neurologist, I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist (a cancer dr. with practical ...
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| GMB IV | 12/19/2006 |
Q: My father is a survivor of GMB IV - he was diagnosed 7-05 had surgery in August and we were given 6 ...
A: It may be possible because some brain tumours are very difficult to grade. To be sure you have to ...
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| Epidermoid Brain Tumor | 12/19/2006 |
Q: My son also has and Epidermoid tumor. He a few yrs ago had a shunt put in to relieve the water on ...
A: I do understand your concern! Unfortunately I'm a Swede living in Sweden so I have no idea at all ...
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| pain in back of head | 12/17/2006 |
Q: ------------------------------------------- The text above is a follow-up to ... One more thing and ...
A: That question is actually somewhat outside my area of expertise, but I will answer it anyway. It is ...
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| pain in back of head | 12/17/2006 |
Q: I wrote you a couple of days ago. I have really bad scalp pain at the bottom of my head. I did ...
A: If the area where you have the pain is red and swollen and also with local tenderness then that is ...
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| aucostic neuroma | 12/17/2006 |
Q: I had a acoustic neuroma removed , 4.2 cm. one year ago. It was attached to the brain stem and a ...
A: An acoustic neurinoma is a benign tumour not a cancer. However it may regrow if some part of it was ...
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| HYDROCEPHALUS & NUEROCYTOMA | 12/16/2006 |
Q: My daughter is 22yrs. old, she has been diagnosed with nuerocytoma and hydrocephalus, she has had 3 ...
A: I know of no such medicine unfortunately. How big is your daughter's brain lesion? If it is small ...
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| Recurring Brain Tumor | 12/13/2006 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with a astrocytoma class III on the right frontal lobe nine years ago. He ...
A: Actually the same procedure is more or less followed with the GammaKnife since the radiation has to ...
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| sore scalp | 12/12/2006 |
Q: for the last couple of weeks, i have been having a weird sensation on the back of my skull on my ...
A: The symptoms you describe are not what you expect from a brain tumour. I'm sure it is a local ...
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| Recurring Brain Tumor | 12/12/2006 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with a astrocytoma class III on the right frontal lobe nine years ago. He ...
A: I suppose that with stereotactic radiation you mean the "GammaKnife", but I'm not completely sure ...
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| Shadow in brain x-ray | 12/3/2006 |
Q: My cousin's daughter (9 yrs old) was having constant headaches last week. They took her to the ...
A: Was this an ordinary X-ray or a CT scan? Where precisely behind her right eye? In the eye socket or ...
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| brain tumor | 12/2/2006 |
Q: My husband has been diagnosed with "multifacal cerebral glioma"(doctors writing, not sure about ...
A: I suspect that the diagnosis should be Glioblastoma Multiforme. Correct? If so the usual survival ...
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| brain tumors | 12/1/2006 |
Q: Since my first question to you today, I check out a few web-sites and seems others have this problem ...
A: As I wrote, it is impossible to answer without doing an examination which of course is not possible ...
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| brain tumors | 12/1/2006 |
Q: can you give me any info as to what the problem may be?My 31yr old daughters told me yesterday her ...
A: Sorry, too little available information for that. As I have just told you an examination is needed! ...
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| brain tumors | 12/1/2006 |
Q: My 31yr old daughters told me yesterday her one eye dialates very large for no apparent reason. She ...
A: Actually not really - though of course I can not give you any guarantees - especially if she has had ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme IV | 11/30/2006 |
Q: My 72 year old dad was diagnosed with this back in January deemed as terminal. We are now nearing ...
A: Probably he will sleep most of the time. He will have increasing difficulties in eating and hygiene ...
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| Astrocytoma in Thalamus | 11/30/2006 |
Q: Our 8-year daughter Karin, was diagnosed with an astrocytoma grade 2 in her Thalamus (mostly on the ...
A: Det går bra att skriva på svenska! Tyvärr finns det f.n. inga egentliga alternativ! Om tumören är ...
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| Niece | 11/27/2006 |
Q: I have to admit this isnt a question,but I wanted to inform you that my niece passed away this a.m. ...
A: You are quite right! GBM has a 100% mortality rate. But it is not easy to tell people bad news, ...
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| brain cancer | 11/23/2006 |
Q: my mother has been battling cancer for a little over a year. when diagnosed they said that she had a ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your loss! Your mother had lung cancer to begin with. The prognosis of ...
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| Cancer | 11/22/2006 |
Q: This is more of a general question which is probably a stupid one but I will push on and ask it ...
A: Cancer is RARELY painful in the beginning! In fact a breast lump is more likely to be a breast ...
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| possible brain tumor | 11/21/2006 |
Q: I'm worried that I may have a tumor. Brief history as follows: In 1999 i had a brain bleed in my ...
A: There may be a connection but I can not be sure of it. If I were in your shoes I would not worry so ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 11/20/2006 |
Q: My father is 55 years of age. He was diagnosed with a 3cm cystic anaplastic astrocytoma in June. It ...
A: While I can not rule out with certainty that his tumour has come back it is more likely that it was ...
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| tumor | 11/20/2006 |
Q: my mother was diagnosed with cancer in 1992, which was breast cancer. she went through chemo and had ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! I'm not sure if the tumour in her lung was a daughter ...
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| Brain Tumor : Astrocytoma | 11/13/2006 |
Q: About two weeks ago , my younger 7,5-year-old sister suffered from dizziness and for several ...
A: 1. All astrocytomas are malignant, but they differ in how much. If she indeed has a grade 1-2 tumour ...
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| Cancer | 11/13/2006 |
Q: 4 months ago my (62 year old) mother was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer (small cell). She was ...
A: Yes I think you are quite correct in your assumption! Brain mets. are fairly common in lung cancer ...
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| Is GBM IV hereditary? | 11/12/2006 |
Q: My mother in law died on Friday from a GBMIV tumour. From seeing her GP to death was a month to the ...
A: As far as it is known at present it is not hereditary. GBM grade IV has a 100% mortality rate ...
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| Malignant Melanoma-Spread to brain | 11/12/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, My husband is actually Swedish-he grew up in a small swedish farming town called ...
A: Interesting! About 90% of my relatives are Americans, they live all over the place, but many live in ...
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| Malignant Melanoma-Spread to brain | 11/12/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, My mother was diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma several years ago-the cancer spread to ...
A: Are you Swedish? If so and if you know Swedish you can just as well write to me in Swedish. I'm ...
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| GBM | 11/11/2006 |
Q: my sister just had a operation on GBM grade IV. She is in China. Her doctor suggested to use ...
A: Well treatment should start as soon as possible, but unfortunately GBM grade IV has a very bad ...
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| my sons mri | 11/10/2006 |
Q: my son had an mri today for optic inflammation, the results came up as 3 abnormal spots on his brain ...
A: This is somewhat outside my area of expertise (tumours). If he has an optic nerve inflammation and ...
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| Body jerking while falling asleep | 11/8/2006 |
Q: I am a 28 yr old female. I just had a question on brain tumors. I have been having these episodes ...
A: What you describe is a rather common physiological reaction that sometimes happen when you fall ...
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| Stage four brain tumor | 11/8/2006 |
Q: My friend just got diagnosed thru a MRI with stage 4 brain cancer. What is the survival rate with ...
A: Survival rates for grade 4 brain tumours are 0 (zero) over time. Survival times with therapy are ...
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| GBM IV | 11/7/2006 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with GBM IV in June of this year, she underwent debulking of 95% of the ...
A: If it REALLY is a GBM IV, then there should be no other primary outside her brain, but if that is a ...
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| my brother | 11/1/2006 |
Q: i have been taking my brother back and fourth to doctors in greenville since aug 2006,and i know ...
A: I do understand your worries, but "lesions" can be many different things - even with his symptoms - ...
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| Brain surgery | 10/31/2006 |
Q: my brother has a nuerocytoma brain tumor which is benign, he had successful surgery last year and ...
A: There is a risk involved with every surgery! Even though his lesion is benign it is - as its name ...
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| Melanoma brain tumors | 10/28/2006 |
Q: My sister has been dealing with melanoma for about 1 1/2 years and it has now entered her brain. ...
A: You can expect more and more and more severe symptoms along the lines you have seen. She may become ...
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| Cancer | 10/25/2006 |
Q: My grandmother has caner in her lungs and then went up to her brain. Her lung cancer is gone, but ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your troubles! Unfortunately like her drs. I can not offer any help ...
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| Niece's GBM | 10/15/2006 |
Q: Your question was "In November of 2005,my niece was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! I'll be very frank and blunt because you ask me a ...
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| radiation treatment of brain lesions | 10/14/2006 |
Q: My aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago. She recently suffered a grand mal seisure, ...
A: To get the any effect of radiation you have to give a certain minimum dose. The higher dose above ...
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| Brain Tumor | 10/13/2006 |
Q: My friends wife has been diagnosed to have anaplastic oligodendroglioma fronto-temporal region and ...
A: 1. The situation is most unfortunate. Normally you want to give radiation therapy & chemo therapy as ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme grade IV | 10/12/2006 |
Q: my brother-in-law was diagnosed in may this year with glioblastoma multiforme grade IV. they are ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately I have not much good to tell you. This ...
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| Grade 4 astrocytoma | 10/11/2006 |
Q: My nephew Brad had a seizure 2 months ago. Mission hosp. (Asheville NC) said it was a benign grade ...
A: If indeed this is a grade 4 astrocytoma - but brain tumours ARE often hard to grade (probably his ...
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| cortical dysplasia | 10/9/2006 |
Q: I had brain surgery in 2000 to remove some scar tissue from my temporal lobe that was causing ...
A: First of all, many brain tumours ARE difficult to classify unfortunately. But without knowing more ...
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| secondary brain cancer | 10/5/2006 |
Q: we were told she had small cell cancer. she has now developed brain cancer. she is 68 years of age . ...
A: It is rather probable that it is her lung cancer that has spread to her brain. Unfortunately ...
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| Sister with GBM | 10/4/2006 |
Q: My sister, Emily, was diagnosed back in January with a WHO Grade I - II Astrocytoma. They said it ...
A: Actually a grade 1-II astrocytoma is also malignant but a low grade malignancy with a far longer ...
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| Final stages - what are they like | 10/4/2006 |
Q: My 75 year old mom was diagnosed with a GBM Stage IV brain tumour. We know that she has less than ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problem! Yes her condition will deteriorate further until - if ...
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| mood swings | 10/3/2006 |
Q: my boyfriend have been diagnosed with brain cancer about three weeks ago. the doctor told him that ...
A: There are many different kinds of brain tumours and there are many different medicines involved in ...
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| SCARE TISSUE | 9/30/2006 |
Q: I FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE SCARE TISSUE ON MY BRAIN...THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM ..THEY SAID ...
A: Scar tissue in the brain is not a brain tumour, so this is really outside my area of expertise. ...
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| brain mass | 9/29/2006 |
Q: i would like to know what is a 4x9 brain mass please, and is it dangerous thank you so much ...
A: 4x9 what? There must be some measurement included here, mm?, cm? inches? or what? A brain mass is ...
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| Brainstem Glioma and pregnancy | 9/29/2006 |
Q: I found out today that I am pregnant. I am a 39 year old female who was dxed with a Brainstem glioma ...
A: Honestly, the only advice I can give you - though I do not like it myself - is that you have an ...
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| The future? | 9/28/2006 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor on Sept. 13th. He walked into the ER with light ...
A: Glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 has an extremely bad prognosis - regardless of what is done with ...
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| Lipoma Brain Tumor | 9/27/2006 |
Q: I have a 14 year old daughter that was awoken in the middle of the night by a severe headache in ...
A: A lipoma is NOT a brain tumour! You may have a lipoma in or close to your scalp though, but it is ...
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| GLEEVAC? | 9/25/2006 |
Q: my wife has undergone three brain surgeries for glioblastoma multiforme we have tried numerous chemo ...
A: Both are still very experimental drug treatments - especially with brain tumours - even if Gleevac ...
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| Cancer lesions on the brain | 9/24/2006 |
Q: Three years ago my 48 year old girl friend has surgeru for Ca of the colon. She had chemo. A year ...
A: This "program" of events are unfortunately not too uncommon! My mother in law died in more or less ...
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| gbm level 4 brain tumor | 9/24/2006 |
Q: my sister in law is the mother of two lovely young boys. she just had a tumor removed from her ...
A: Unfortunately the risk is very high almost certain. Most patients with glioblastoma multiforme grade ...
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| Brain Lipoma | 9/22/2006 |
Q: My daughter is four years old, she was born with what at the time was only a lipoma on the surface ...
A: A lipoma - if indeed it was a lipoma - in the scalp can NOT grow into the brain! I need to know ...
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| grade 2 astrocytoma | 9/22/2006 |
Q: was recently diagnosed with inoperable brain tumors.doctors are not talking about chemo or ...
A: A grade 2 tumour is less sensitive to radiation and chemo. If it can be operated a lot of tumour can ...
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| Brain Tumour | 9/22/2006 |
Q: Yes it was malignant melanoma.I have a friend who was diagnosed with skin cancer 9yrs ago. The ...
A: Unfortunately malignant melanomas are not very sensitive to radiation or chemo therapy. If it has ...
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| brain tumors | 9/21/2006 |
Q: What are the percentages of a person with multiple brain tumors of surviving without severe ...
A: If the tumours are malignant there are hardly any chances of survival at all. The survival time ...
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| STAGE 4 CANCER | 9/21/2006 |
Q: Sir, FRIDAY I WAS HELPING MY 54 YEAR OLD MOTHER IN HER GARDEN. WE WERE LAUGHING, JOKING, AND ...
A: I think her dr. has not taken good care of her! BUT I have to tell you that this problem existed far ...
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| dnet in 2 years old child | 9/20/2006 |
Q: We had a car accident last month and due to a normal check (CT scan and MRI) done for my daughter to ...
A: Sorry, the attached reports did not reach me! However as a general advice. If her drs. have, based ...
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| Small Cell Lung Cancer | 9/20/2006 |
Q: My Mom was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer that had metastasized to her brain almost one year ...
A: Of course it may be due to her medicines, but unfortunately I fear that it is the cancer that had ...
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| Recurring Brain tumor | 9/20/2006 |
Q: My husband had lung cancer. The tumor went to his brain. He had surgery to have it removed. 6 months ...
A: Well in this situation surgery is no solution. Radiation may be of help. Lung cancer often spreads ...
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| melanoma of head | 9/19/2006 |
Q: I was diagnosed with melanoma in May 2004. It was a mole on my left temple..had wide excision and ...
A: Yes you immediately became a stage III since your melanoma had spread to a local lymph node. The ...
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| prognosis | 9/19/2006 |
Q: how log do you live with oligodendroglioma after treatment
A: I can not give you a simple answer to this as there are many differences between different tumours ...
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| Acusticus Neurinom | 9/13/2006 |
Q: 11 years ago it was discowered that my daughter (now 31 years old) had a small AN on right side - ...
A: It is probably close to the upper size limit for treatment with the Gamma Knife (radiological ...
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| Long Term Effects of Brain Tumour Radiotherapy | 9/12/2006 |
Q: My mother had a brain tumour removed by surgery exactly 10 years ago, followed by intensive ...
A: From here (I'm in Sweden) and without access to the full clinical picture what I can say is limited. ...
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| Review of slides/second opinion | 9/11/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, In May of 2006 had surgery to remove a 6cm atypical menengioma from the right side of my ...
A: From what you have told me surgery at the time was most probably indeed necessary! On the other hand ...
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| GBM no longer a definite death sentence. | 9/11/2006 |
Q: Have you heard of Ben WIlliams? OR David Bailey? They are long term survivors of GBM. Ben Williams ...
A: Unfortunately the OVERWHELMING majority still do. In all cancer therapy there have always existed ...
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| When temodar doesn't work | 9/11/2006 |
Q: My brother has been taking temodar 5/23 since he finished his radiation in April.He was diagnosed on ...
A: True, there may be serious side effects. On the other hand if she is seeing growth - which seems ...
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| scared it could be a brain tumor | 9/10/2006 |
Q: im really worried about him the headaches are coming more and more frequent and nothing seems to ...
A: Well the MRI scan will tell you definitely if there is a tumour or not! If no tumour can be seen, ...
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| Melanoma of Frontal Lobe | 9/6/2006 |
Q: My Mother had her second Melanoma surgery in 10 years in 2002 resulting in a below the knee ...
A: Quite possible that one of her melanomas (or even both at least in theory) did spread to her brain. ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme Stage IV | 9/6/2006 |
Q: My mother, age 64, had a biopsy this past March to investigate a mass in her right temporal lobe. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! She will probably get more and more sleepy and sleep ...
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| brain cancer | 9/6/2006 |
Q: thank you
A: Unfortunately most malignant brain tumours have a very bad prognosis almost regardless of what is ...
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| After Radiotheraphy | 9/5/2006 |
Q: Dr, you are not answer to me this time, hope you can answer to me, thanks a lotLast two months, i ...
A: I did answer your question! I had answered it in a previous reply. However I will tell you again. If ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme | 9/4/2006 |
Q: Is it possible to cure above mentioned brain tumor. I want your advice and if possible how and where ...
A: If the diagnosis is correct - not always the case - then the prognosis is very bad and the chances ...
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| mass on the brain | 9/3/2006 |
Q: My twin brother has been havin headaches and went to the hospital and they gave him two shots in the ...
A: To be able to answer your question I need to know a lot more about his "mass on his brain". Is it ...
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| Brain Tumor GBM | 9/1/2006 |
Q: Can a brain tumor be connected to the inner ear
A: In a way the inner ear and its nerve (the auditory nerve, transmitting hearing & balance - a so ...
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| melanoma | 8/30/2006 |
Q: please fill me in, on the simalar experecnces, i would love to know and learn all that i can, thanks ...
A: I would gladly fill you in competely on this, but it is simply too much material to write down. Go ...
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| melanoma | 8/29/2006 |
Q: but if you could explain a few things to me, i would apprecate, cause all of this is over welming ...
A: With the tip of the iceberg I meant that the tumours of his that we know of is just a small part of ...
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| gleopastoma grade 4 | 8/28/2006 |
Q: Dr. N I have a follow up question for your regarding this condition-- The brain tumor was totally ...
A: No unfortunately not! If this really was a glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 (brain tumours are very ...
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| melanoma | 8/27/2006 |
Q: my husband has stage 4 melanoma, he had gamma knife on 8 brain lesions, the new MRI says all are ...
A: I'm happy that it seems to be working so far! However the normal situation when a malignant tumour ...
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| brain lipoma | 8/27/2006 |
Q: I'm 47 and a brain MRI shows a small lipoma. Are these always benign? I have had very unpleasant ...
A: A lipoma is by definition benign - otherwise it would be a liposarcoma. And I have never encountered ...
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| Grade 4 astrocytoma | 8/26/2006 |
Q: My mother was recently diagnosed with a Grade IV astrocytoma. I have been doing a lot of research ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! As you already seem to realize the prognosis of this ...
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| Braintumour Treatment | 8/26/2006 |
Q: My brother Age 31 is affected by brain tumour Impression : Anaplastiv astrocytoma - WHO grade III; ...
A: It may be very difficult - even impossible - to do surgery for technical reasons with that location ...
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| Brain Tumors | 8/23/2006 |
Q: My Dad was diagnosed with melanoma cancer March 6, 2006. It never surfaced but went inward to his ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately he will just get worse, eventually ...
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| brain tumour grade 4 | 8/22/2006 |
Q: the tumour has shrunk a little and now the specialist has offered heryet anoter de bulking,she has ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! A glioblastoma multiforme (gbm) grade 4 brain tumour ...
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| Life expectancy | 8/19/2006 |
Q: My sister(who lives 1500 miles away) is home from the hospital with brain tumors. She is about to ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your sister! To be able to answer Iwould need to know a lot more about her ...
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| Headaches and severity | 8/19/2006 |
Q: If you don't mind though, could you please tell me how severe headaches caused by brain tumours ...
A: Unfortunately it varies a lot from patient to patient but are usually quite frequent to daily. Often ...
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| Headaches and severity | 8/19/2006 |
Q: For the pst eight or nine weeks I have been suffering from headaches almost daily. They aren't ...
A: Alex, this obviously worries you even if it does not worry your neurologist. Call your neurologist ...
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| MRI and CT of brain | 8/18/2006 |
Q: My husband had the MRI with and without contrast. They scheduled this when the dr was there. The ...
A: Yes I think it is very probable that something has been seen. Yes these different methods show ...
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| Pineal Tumor/Calcification | 8/16/2006 |
Q: My husband recently had a pet scan indicating calcification in the region of the pineal ...
A: Yes there is a risk of a tumour there. I suppose this was seen on a CT scan? It is then necessary to ...
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| what is the very significant symptoms for brain tumor? is the fall is the symptoms? | 8/16/2006 |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To thanks for the answer that you give me, im very thankful to ...
A: It is often a morning headache or a constant one. Sometimes associated with nausea and vomiting. But ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade IV Astrocytoma | 8/14/2006 |
Q: My friend has been diagnosed with a GMB Grade IV at age 30 a week ago. The tumor was 6 cm. The ...
A: Mary, I hate these moments but you have asked me a straight question and that deserves a straight ...
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| Metastatic Melanoma Cancer | 8/14/2006 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with Stage IV Melanoma Cancer on December 15,2003. The tumor was a small spot ...
A: I'm sorry to read about what happened to your wife! Malignant melanoma has a very small sensitivity ...
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| glioblastoma brain tumor | 8/12/2006 |
Q: , My husband was diagnosed April 2006 with a 3cm glioblastoma tumor L-parietal lobe. It has been ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! His condition will probably gradually get worse. He ...
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| questions to ask during consultation for neuro- surgery | 8/12/2006 |
Q: I have just recently been diagnosed with grade IV GBM and will be going to UCSF for a surgery ...
A: Your therapy will most probably include surgery, radiation therapy and chemo therapy. No tumour is ...
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| Threapy Options | 8/11/2006 |
Q: We can not do surgery again? Is it too risky. Because we are in Syria, and there is no gamma knife ...
A: Gamma Knife is NOT surgery, it is a kind of special radiation therapy! But NOT commonly available. ...
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| Threapy Options | 8/11/2006 |
Q: My father was dignosised with a 4th grade brain tumor last year and he has gone through surgery, ...
A: I'm sorry, unless the tumour is so small that it is possible to treat it with the Gamma Knife or ...
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| Lipoma tumors | 8/10/2006 |
Q: I have a few questions. When you have a MRI scan and you have spots on your brain, they actual look ...
A: Although brain tissue to a large extent is composed of fat, you can not have lipomas in your brain. ...
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| glioblastoma multiforme | 8/8/2006 |
Q:
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems!It is quite possible that he did feel some pain and ...
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| Why A CT scan? | 8/7/2006 |
Q: I went to my eye doctor a couple of weeks ago for my annual eye exam. He did not like the looks of ...
A: First of all, I'm not an eye dr. so I'm not sure I can answer this. Yes you can see brain tumours on ...
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| Brain stem glioma | 8/7/2006 |
Q: I had written to you about a month ago about my friend who has a brain stem glioma. He completed ...
A: Unfortunately I can not offer you much hope - or really any - in the long run. Exactly how long that ...
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| Pituitary Adenoma | 8/3/2006 |
Q: I have had a small pituitary Adenoma for several years. I had corporate health insurance coverage ...
A: I truly understand your dilemma! But I'm sorry, I'm a Swede living in Sweden! I know next to nothing ...
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| brain cancer | 7/31/2006 |
Q: please: can you tell me the final stages of brain cancer my mom is 69 and is in final stage need to ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! She will gradually get worse, sleep more and ...
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| Medulloblastoma | 7/29/2006 |
Q: How rare is a male that is 18 years old to have a medulloblastoma tumor the size of a large lemon?
A: It is rare though I can not give you an exact percentage number. First of all medulloblastoma is ...
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| Hereditary Brain Tumors | 7/21/2006 |
Q: I am 46 years old and have 2 younger sisters who had brain tumors. The first was 14 when she was ...
A: I do not know and frankly I do not think anybody does. It is not that common with genetic factors in ...
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| ANAPLASTIC OLIGODENDROGLIOMA | 7/20/2006 |
Q: MY SON, 19 YEARS OLD WAS JUST DIAGNOST WITH ANAPLASTIC OLIGODENDROGLIOMA GRADE 3 WITH FISH STUDIES ...
A: Brain tumours are VERY difficult to treat AND also very difficult to grade. For a correct grading ...
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| being tired all the time | 7/20/2006 |
Q: i had surgery to remove a meningioma brain tumor almost 4 years ago. i am on several different types ...
A: Well this is somewhat outside my field of expertise (cancer), but whenever you have to operate on or ...
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| Cystic Vascular Mass | 7/17/2006 |
Q: I would like to get some more information on what a cystic vascular mass in the brain is.I can not ...
A: The name is descriptive. It means a mass (tumour, benign or maybe malignant, the name itself does ...
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| a.v.m. brain tumour | 7/16/2006 |
Q: On april 28,2004 I was admitted to st.Joseph Hospital in Orange California for surgery to remove ...
A: If I have understood your question correctly - I'm not sure - what you had was a arterio-veinous ...
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| 5 cm.Melanoma of Left Frotal Lobe | 7/15/2006 |
Q: My brother had 5cm melanoma removed from frontal lobe 4/8/06. He recovered from surgery, seemed to ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his or your problems! If he has melanoma both in lymph nodes and in his ...
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| anaplastic astrocytoma | 7/13/2006 |
Q: my cousin (29 year old female) was dx'ed w/anaplastic astrocytoma this week after having a seizure ...
A: Many malignant tumours - not only in the brain - contain areas of dead ("necrotic") cells - often in ...
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| Very worried | 7/11/2006 |
Q: Last Christmas, due to some terrible stress in my personal life, I started having headaches at the ...
A: For a tumour in the brain to have any symptoms at all it has to have a certain minimum size. That ...
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| brain cancer | 7/10/2006 |
Q: MY DAD IS AT DANA FARBER RIGHT NOW HE HAS A BRAIN TUMOR IN THE CELLEBRUM PART OF HIS BRAIN THEY SAID ...
A: Maybe, but at the moment as far as I know we can not even be sure that it is related to his non ...
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| Grade II Astrocytoma | 7/3/2006 |
Q: My Dad was diagnosed with a grade II astrocytoma on January 31st 2006. They performed a crainiotomy ...
A: Radiation can cause swelling of the brain. That can be countered with corticosteroids - though they ...
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| Brain tumors | 6/23/2006 |
Q: I had recently written to you regarding my father and his diagnosis of a grade 4 tumor. Recently we ...
A: It is probably a separate problem. Primary brain tumours (starting in the brain) very rarely spreads ...
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| Are these symptoms of a brain tumor? | 6/21/2006 |
Q: For about 3 years, I've been experiencing some bizarre symptoms that make me wonder if I might have ...
A: The symptoms you describe are not necessarily associated with a brain tumour(especially if they have ...
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| brain tumour | 6/16/2006 |
Q: may i know, radioaton have any side effect? hair loss only or my hearing also can effect? and i feel ...
A: Yes radiation has side effects. Hair loss - at least temporary, may grow out again later - and ...
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| Do i........? | 6/15/2006 |
Q: i did a skull xray, it was normal and NO intracranial calcifications were reported. the reason i did ...
A: An ordinary x-ray picture of your head is not very useful in finding any tumour in your brain. The ...
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| Astrocytoma | 6/13/2006 |
Q: My husbands best friend, Bob, (who's 40 years old) had a seizure recently. Yesterday he received the ...
A: With brain tumours grade is more or less everything! Grade is determined from 1 to 4, where grade 4 ...
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| Brain lesions after radiation | 6/11/2006 |
Q: My Father was diagnosed with a grade 4 brain tumor. He had a resection in December. Radiation in ...
A: A grade 4 malignant brain tumour has an extemely bad prognosis. Patients very rarely survive more ...
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| Brain stem glioma | 6/7/2006 |
Q: My friend is a 38 yr old male who was recently diagnosised with a brain stem glioma. He has been ...
A: Yes swimming alone right now is most probably not a good idea. I suggest that you talk to his drs.! ...
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| brain tumour | 6/7/2006 |
Q: Dr, i don`t have any pathology report in this moment, but i had after surgery pathology report, ...
A: A grade 2 (but brain tumours are difficult to grade, however from the description of the tumour it ...
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| brain tumour | 6/5/2006 |
Q: My brain tumour has grow back. The detail as below: Base on MRI result: Before surgery, my tumour ...
A: The original size was certainly 5 cm. After surgery there may still be tissue swelling, so right ...
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| A CONCERNED MOTHER...ON SYMPTOMS | 6/5/2006 |
Q: Approximately three weeks ago I was walking as normal when all of a sudden out of nowhere I had this ...
A: Whatever this is, the symptoms are hardly those of a brain tumour and since both CT & MRI scans of ...
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| radiotion brain tumour | 6/3/2006 |
Q: My tumour grow back after a year i`m surgery, now i need to radiotion my tumour(4cm). Please ...
A: The tumour can disappear but I can not promise it will or that even if it does it will not come ...
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| Astroblastoma | 5/25/2006 |
Q: My neice who just turned 13 had been having a little bit of an upset stomach. After barium gi ...
A: Sounds very correct. Actually there is a lot on astroblastomas on the internet. Do a Google search ...
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| Tumour : radiotherapy? | 5/15/2006 |
Q: I have gone through brain operation to remove brain tumour (Astrocytoma WHO Grade II) in May last ...
A: Malignant brain tumours (and an astrocytoma, even a grade II, is malignant) all have a nasty habit ...
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| Tumor on the equilibrium | 5/10/2006 |
Q: I was trying to find out how serious it is to have a tumor on the equilibrium and if there is still ...
A: Sorry, I do not understand your question. Do you mean a tumour that affects your sense of balance? ...
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| Brian tumor surgery | 5/6/2006 |
Q: My family member, male age 63, has recently had a tumor removed from his brain. It was located ...
A: This is hard for me to answer since: 1. I do not know the pathology of the tumour. 2. I do not know ...
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| Spots on the brain | 4/14/2006 |
Q: From what I have gathered there is 99% chance that this means she has cancer somewhere in her body ...
A: This is actually more a question for a diagnostic radiologist with lots of experience in ...
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| Recurring Glioblastoma Multiforme | 4/9/2006 |
Q: My 50 year old husband was diagnosed with GBM in Sept of 2005. He had a resection of the tumor and ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about your husband's and your problems! Ms Nicholson you have asked me a ...
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| Adult Pilocytic Astrocytoma | 4/8/2006 |
Q: How would you treat the following: Adult male 43 years old, good health, numb hand and foot ...
A: I agree more with the second dr.! BUT instead of a CyberKnife - as I interpret as using a surgical ...
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| anaplastic oligodendroglioma GBM | 4/1/2006 |
Q: My 36 year old sister had her first brain surgery in June of 2001. It was misdiagnosed, but the ...
A: The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body. Grade IV (4) is the highest number, ...
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| HI | 3/21/2006 |
Q: . MY DAD IS 54 AND IS DYING HE HAS HAD ALL THE TREAMENTS FOR HIS BRAIN TUMOR INCLUDING 2 SURGERYS ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! Unfortunately it is impossible - as you have ...
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| Intrensic Pontine Glioma | 3/8/2006 |
Q: My freinds son is 8 years old and was recently diagnosed with Intrensic Pontine Glioma. He has ...
A: For brain tumours there are only surgery, different kinds of radiation therapy and to some extent ...
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| Glioblastoma Multiforme | 2/12/2006 |
Q: My 72 year old father was just diagnosed with this tumor less than a month ago. It is stage 4. He ...
A: Unfortunately that is the norm. His status will probably temporarily improve then again over the ...
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| Brian Tumour | 2/4/2006 |
Q: My daughter who is 24 has been dignosed with a Low Grade Glial Neoplasm consistent with pilocytic ...
A: 1. It may but it is obviously a VERY slowly growing tumour. Based on its pathology. 2. For quite a ...
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| Brian Tumour | 2/3/2006 |
Q: My daughter who is 24 has been dignosed with a Low Grade Glial Neoplasm consistent with pilocytic ...
A: Before I can answer I do need some more information. Please answer directly here so I can keep all ...
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| boxing and brain cancer | 2/3/2006 |
Q: Can constant trauma to the head, like that experienced by profesional and non-profesional boxers, ...
A: Boxing - especially professional boxing - can indeed cause brain DAMAGE. But as far as I know there ...
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| Seizures Caused by Total Body Radiation | 1/24/2006 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, I'm a concerned mother of a 20 year old female who has had an extensive medical ...
A: This question is somewhat outside my field of expertise (medical oncology & radiation therapy). It ...
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| tumor gliomas | 1/18/2006 |
Q: Estimado Dr le saludo desde Ecuador, queria preguntarle cual seria el mejor tratamiento no importa ...
A: My wife has translated your question from Spanish to English for me as I know no Spanish. However ...
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| Stage 4 brain cancer | 1/15/2006 |
Q: My 62-year old father was diagnosed with stage 3/4 brain cancer in June, 2004. The first tumor ...
A: I'm sorry but survival times are hard to predict. However obviously he is appraching t6he end of the ...
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| Glioblastoma end stage | 12/28/2005 |
Q: I saw on this site, that lack of eating and sleeping all day is a sign that the body is growing weak ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - & your - problems! Yes unfortunately these are bad signs. GBM grade IV ...
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| brain tumor | 12/15/2005 |
Q: Can you tell me?
A: I suggest that you look brain tumours up on "The Merck Manual on The Web"! It is very good (there ...
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| brain tumors and genetics | 12/13/2005 |
Q: I am a 47 year old woman, and since August '05 I have had three separate episodes of having floating ...
A: My advice is that you ask your eye dr. to send you to a good neurologist for a check up. There can ...
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| meginiomas | 12/9/2005 |
Q: i have been diagnosed by a mri scan that i have a left pectoral meginioma and am told that it is not ...
A: The appearance of meningiomas on MRI-scans is very typical & meningiomas are VERY rarely malignant ...
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| Tumor causes | 11/13/2005 |
Q: I would like to find out about how serious cellular phone usage is with regards to causing cancer or ...
A: There is one report of a connection to benign (not cancer) tumours of the acoustical nerve (the one ...
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| i am pregnant and i had a brain tumor in2001 | 10/25/2005 |
Q: Doctor, i am really scared. Please answer my question. I am 10 weeks pregnant. I had a resection of ...
A: I do understand your difficult situation! Unfortunately it may be a new growth (or rather the old ...
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| tumor characteristics | 10/17/2005 |
Q: My wife has history of limited stage SCLC for five years. Three years ago treated for Brain Metes ...
A: I'm sorry, I'm a Swede born, educated, trained, careered, worked and living all my life in Sweden. ...
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| Astrocytoma Grade II | 10/13/2005 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with a grade II astrocytoma in the left frontal lobe in November 2004, he ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems. It is sometimes - actually quite often - ...
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| brain tumor | 10/12/2005 |
Q: My friend has a brain tumor that spread from non small cell lung cancer...he has finished his ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! So he has had a very malignant small cell lung ...
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| Brain Tumor / Cyst | 10/4/2005 |
Q: In 2001 I was diagnosed with a low grade glioma after having a seizure. Tumor is located in the ...
A: Well congratulations, since a highly malignant glioma would have been a sure death sentence! It IS ...
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| Glioblastoma Grade 5 | 9/27/2005 |
Q: My 54 year old brother-in-law was diagnosed in Jan, 04 with a grade 5 glioblastoma. He has had ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his unfortunate situation! As you probably know already, a case like this is ...
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| Is this the correct treatment? | 9/11/2005 |
Q: My husband is currently receiving his 4th week of Temodar and radiation for his GBM IV. It's located ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! This is something his drs. should have discussed with ...
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| Experimental Treatment Options - Astrocytes | 9/9/2005 |
Q: Nordquist, What experimental treatment options exist for Class IV Anaplastic Astrocytoma? Do these ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his problem! Unfortunately my professional opinion - at present - is that a ...
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| symptoms | 8/27/2005 |
Q: I have a couple of questions regarding some strange symptoms I have been experiencing lately. ...
A: It is impossible to know just by communicating over the Web what this is - it may be a stress ...
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| Is this normal for GBM IV? | 8/27/2005 |
Q: My husband has inoperable GBM IV in the left ventricle and has started radiation and Temodar. He now ...
A: Unfortunately it can be both but right now it is somewhat more probable that it is swelling due to ...
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| brain tomors | 8/23/2005 |
Q: dose it just start with sezirs. and is it always have to have surgory? my son is 29 the doctor told ...
A: If your son has started to have epileptic fits and the investigation including CT- & MRI-scans has ...
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| What do I expect with this GBM and treatment | 8/15/2005 |
Q: My husband has been dx with GBM IV in the thalmus of his brain and has no short term memory. It's ...
A: I'm sorry to read about the problems your husband and you are dealing with! With a grade IV ...
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| my partner received stereo... | 7/28/2005 |
Q: my partner received stereo tactic on tumor right hand side of brain he had this done 10weeks ago and ...
A: While I can not guarantee that his cancer is not spreading, such symptoms as you describe them are ...
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| When being worked up for lung... | 7/19/2005 |
Q: When being worked up for lung cancer my x rays (ct scan) showed a "calcified meningioma" of the ...
A: It has nothing to do with lung cancer! To evaluate if it is of any importance or not I need to know ...
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| symptoms | 6/2/2005 |
Q: i was just wondering the symptoms that will occcur so that someone will know if they might have a ...
A: Well any lump anywhere may be a tumour and should be checked! For some places like inside your body ...
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| Stages of Brain Cancer in 12-Year Old | 5/18/2005 |
Q: I lead a children's group at our church. We have a young girl, 12 years old, who has had brain ...
A: There are many types of brain cancer with different clinical pictures. There are also differences in ...
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| oligodendrogliama | 4/27/2005 |
Q: Please give me info on this. The Dr. told us that our friend that had an operation yesterday said ...
A: Brain tumours like this one generally have very poor prognosis. If the dr. told you that nothing can ...
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| Brainstem Tumors | 4/17/2005 |
Q: My mother, age 50, was told 9 days ago at our local ER that she has an inoperable tumor imbedded ...
A: Impossible for me to say right now. Depends largely on what kind of tumour it is - of which I know ...
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| brain tumors and aneurysms | 4/11/2005 |
Q: You have been extremely helpfull, I do have one more question, if you don't mind. Can you specify ...
A: That is a study directed to specifically visualize the blood vessels (in this case) in the brain. It ...
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| cancer | 4/8/2005 |
Q: my nan was diagnosed with breast cancer in september 04, she had a course of chemotherapy which did ...
A: A second opinion includes an examination which for obvious reasons I can not provide. What has been ...
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| brain tumors and aneurysms | 4/6/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question - He did have an MRI with brain contrasts, he had that done 1 every 6 months. ...
A: It is not enough with an MRI with contrast. You need to do a specific angiography study with or ...
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| pregnancy after a brain tumor | 3/29/2005 |
Q: My 27 yr old daughter had an ependymoma removed 11 yrs ago followed by 6 weeks of radiation. She has ...
A: This was a tough one. The use of stereotactic radiation either by a "Gamma Knife" or by proton beams ...
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| Brain tumor treatment | 3/14/2005 |
Q: My very dear and close friend has been dealing with cancer since 1999, it started in the breast and ...
A: She has most probably already received a maximum radiation dose. It is not possible to give more ...
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| Onset of symptoms | 2/23/2005 |
Q: I've recently been having some strange symptoms. Over the past 6 months I've developed intermittent ...
A: No blood tests do not indicate brain tumours. I'm NOT aware of any connection between eating ...
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| GBM IV | 2/15/2005 |
Q: A year ago, my 55 year old husband was diagnosed with a GBM Grade IV. It is located in the right ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his problems! Unfortunately with this severe illness situations like this ...
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| brain tumors | 2/15/2005 |
Q: i was woundering if it has been proven that cell phones can cause cancer, or brain tumors. i have ...
A: There is at present NO scientific or clinical connection between the use of cell phones and BRAIN ...
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| is it cancer | 1/22/2005 |
Q: my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer in her lympthnodes, which is not curable. she has had ...
A: Without knowing more it is unfortunately impossible to tell. If you can provide me with the CT & MRI ...
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| brain cancer | 1/15/2005 |
Q: My mother (73 yrs old) was diagnosed 2 years ago with BAC lung cancer. They removed one lobe from ...
A: I'm sorry to read about the situation of your mother! I always give straight answers here even if ...
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| Two case studies | 12/8/2004 |
Q: Sorry I did not realize this was such a wrong thing to ask. I was just looking for further ...
A: Ok. I understand. But I do hope you understand my point too. You are not the first - and surely will ...
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| Two case studies | 12/8/2004 |
Q: I am a student and I have been presented with two cases studies for an extra credit project, I was ...
A: Kristin, I do not want to show any disrespect, but this is far outside the scope of this site at ...
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| My name is niyaz.I have had... | 12/2/2004 |
Q: My name is niyaz.I have had a look at your web site and I have just this interest to ask you a ...
A: In order to be able to answer, please send me the full EXACT diagnosis and the exact location of the ...
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| Mass In Brain | 11/12/2004 |
Q: My girlfriend who is twenty years old has been experiences headaches in the lower area of her head ...
A: Any mass in the brain is suspicious! The fact too that an MRI is to be done after the CT also ...
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| meningioma | 11/4/2004 |
Q: 2 questions: My mother has a 2cm meningioma in the right parafalcine location adjacent to the right ...
A: Sorry, as a meningioma is NOT a cancer this is somewhat outside my field of expertise! However, as ...
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| Possibilities of Returning Brain Tumor (Subpendymoma) | 10/27/2004 |
Q: Nordquist, One year and 3 months ago, I was admitted to Emergency for severe head pain and learned ...
A: The steroids WERE necessary to keep the brain swelling down after surgery. Unfortunately they also ...
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| Pathology of gliomas | 10/27/2004 |
Q: I have a general question this time: how common is it for a pathology report to be wrong, especially ...
A: No, you may very well be right! This is a VERY tough subject and the grading of malignant gliomas is ...
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| Questions regarding brain tumours | 10/19/2004 |
Q: Nordquist, My name is Christopher King, and I am a writer of fiction. In the short story that I am ...
A: 1. I normally only answer questions from probable patients, their relatives and friends but I will ...
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| tremors | 10/6/2004 |
Q: I am homoeopathic physician. Yesterday I saw the male patient, age 50 years suffering from following ...
A: This sounds definitely like a neurological illness. Could be Parkinsonism but like you I'm not ...
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| IMRT | 9/27/2004 |
Q: Do you recommend alternative medicine for brain tumors, because I want to go to alternative ...
A: I'm sorry to disapoint you yet again! I can not honestly recommend you any so called "alternative ...
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| IMRT | 9/26/2004 |
Q: -Sorry about that. IMRT stands for Intensity Modulated Radiation Theraphy, I think this is new in ...
A: This is a new field in radiation therapy and there is as far as I know at present not yet enough ...
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| IMRT | 9/26/2004 |
Q: How successful is IMRT in treating brain tumors? Is there any side effects on this one? thanks
A: First, English is not my native language - I'm a a Swede living in Sweden - and Americans have a ...
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| Possible Brain Tumor | 9/24/2004 |
Q: My brother has recently had some neurological problems arise. He hasn't gone to the doctor because ...
A: The thing on the outside of his head can NOT be a brain tumour. But it probably is the cause of his ...
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| possible tumor | 9/6/2004 |
Q: I have taken a digital photo of my brother-in-law about 3 months ago,but have just noticed the ...
A: As a symptom of a brain tumour it is rather unlikely. An eye tumour is possible, but not likely. ...
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| how long | 8/28/2004 |
Q: My brother-in-law has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and a seconderary brain cancer. He ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his problems! Yes unfortunately there is no good treatment for this tumour. ...
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| non small cell cancer | 8/25/2004 |
Q: my husband has been diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer, which has spread to his brain, and ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your & your husband's problems! The most that can be expected from his ...
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| Please give your advice on what my be wrong.. | 8/25/2004 |
Q: Recently, I've been having minimal seizures occurring all over my body, striking seemingly unrelated ...
A: Without an examination of my own it is difficult to tell you what it might be - too many ...
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| brain tumours | 8/13/2004 |
Q: my dad has got abrian tumour which is affecting his sight now,he was operated before in uganda, but ...
A: I am sorry, I can not at all help you with any cost estimate of any medical procedure done any where ...
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| Grade 2 Astrocytoma | 7/22/2004 |
Q: I was diagnosed with a Grade 2 astrocytoma Nov 2001. The tumour is the left temporoal/parietal area ...
A: To be able to answer your first question about radiation type I would need a lot more clinical data ...
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| Brain Tumors | 7/19/2004 |
Q: I have suffered with headaches and dizzyness for about 10 years now, some times i can feel well for ...
A: The risk that your symptoms lasting for a decade should be caused by a brain tumour - especially a ...
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| brain tumor | 7/9/2004 |
Q: Nordquist, My father was just diagnosed with a brain tumor and my sister and myself were just ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your father! Probably his tumour is malignant, but I'm not sure about that. ...
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| Diet and brain tumor | 6/6/2004 |
Q: My fiance, Scott, is currently undergoing chemotherapy for a tumor that was found close to the ...
A: I am sorry to read about his troubles! While I agree with you that he should eat a well balanced ...
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| malignant brain tumour | 6/3/2004 |
Q: my friend Patty , who will be 43 on June 24 , with 5 children (4 of them being under the age of 13) ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your friend's troubles! You describe a situation where a malignant ...
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| any experiece with astrocytomas? | 5/29/2004 |
Q: Diagnosed 16 years ago with an astro cytoma located in the stem of brain, neurosurgen did partial ...
A: You need an experienced neurologist or neurosurgeon! I live in Sweden so I can not give you any ...
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| GBM | 5/21/2004 |
Q: My Mom was diagnosed with two GBM's February 2, 2004. One, on her left side, was removed (as best as ...
A: The chance is small, smaller than that of one, but not zero and not unheard of. It hardly affects ...
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| Ct Scan read Metastasis Itiocitocis. | 5/20/2004 |
Q: My Mother just had a ct scan 3 days ago; this is in South America Ecuador: Her primary doctor say ...
A: I would very much like to help you, but I'm not sure that I understand your question. What exactly ...
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| Chondroid Syringioma of foot | 5/17/2004 |
Q: Nordquist, Thank you for posting your name on the ask the expert field of cancers. Dr. Hommoudi was ...
A: Well, sometimes there are real differences of opinion. First, do send it to the Armed Forces ...
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| secondary brain tumor l | 4/21/2004 |
Q: A very close friend has been diagnosed with secondary brain cancer. She began with breast cancer in ...
A: As a Swede I will quote a Swedish proverb in English translation: "It is difficult to be a prophet, ...
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| brain tumor | 4/14/2004 |
Q: My sister has a malignant brain tumor, a glioma? and something else with an A. Her surgery removed ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your sister! Unfortunately I can not give you any help. Radiation and chemo ...
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| bony growth in Clivus | 4/2/2004 |
Q: I recently had a cat scan for a sinus problem. When they read the cat scan they discovered that I ...
A: The test (MRI) is NOT dangerous in any way! Nor is it difficult or hard in any way to undergo! This ...
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| treatment of pontine glioma of brainstem | 3/21/2004 |
Q: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, My 4 1/2 year old daughter has been newly diagnosed with an intrinsic ...
A: I have no personal experience with the drug you mention. Its use is still experimental and I have no ...
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| Eye Pain | 3/20/2004 |
Q: I was wondering if you could answer my complaint? I have a pain behind my right eye that feels like ...
A: Almost anything is possible though perhaps not probable. Without an examination I can not give you ...
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| Brain tumors | 3/17/2004 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed 3 yrs ago with small cell lung cancer, it spread to the brain and was ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your mother! Unfortunately it is most probably a return of her tumour.It is ...
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| JPA Brainstem Two year old.. | 3/15/2004 |
Q: . I will try to keep this brief. My daughter , now two, has had a host of neuroligcal problems ...
A: I have no personal experience with any case very similar to this one. You can always ask another ...
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| Tumors On Necks | 3/9/2004 |
Q: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, I'm a thirteen year old girl from Brandon Florida seeking answers to ...
A: I will try to live up to it! Yes there are such things as tumours of the neck, but I do doubt very ...
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| cerebellum lymphonia | 3/8/2004 |
Q: My sister has two brain tumours, discovered when she had a fit and they conducted a MRI. She has ...
A: I'm not sure I understand your question. Has she been told she has only 2 months yet to live? If so ...
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Q: i have my nephew who is 19 monts old with a recent onset of squient which 2ry to 6th nerve palsy. ...
A: If the tumour is small enough (remaining tumour) and it is deemed possible I would suggest Gamma ...
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| Family history and symptoms | 2/28/2004 |
Q: Sorry for its length. My mother was twenty when she first had symptoms of her pituitary tumor; ...
A: You are obviously worried that you too may have a pituitary tumour. I do not know if that is so or ...
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| cystic mass in the brain | 2/25/2004 |
Q: My MRI report says I have a 22 x 18 x 22 mm oval cystic mass in the right prepontine cisterns ...
A: What is suggested is probably the "Gamma Knife" or a similar proton beam procedure. I'm a Swede and ...
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| brain tumors | 2/10/2004 |
Q: My dad has a tumor, and Mercy hospital in Dubuque, IA has never seen anything like it before. They ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your father. All these tumours are closely related or identical in spite of ...
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| tumor question | 2/5/2004 |
Q: How is a brain tumor Formed? What is the difference between a Brain Cist and a Tumor? I know someone ...
A: A cyst is also a kind of tumour but a benign one, not a malignant one like cancer. A malignant brain ...
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| tumor? | 1/25/2004 |
Q: First of all I think this is a great website! I have a question regarding a possible tumor. My ...
A: Well, a brain tumour it is NOT. It may be a number of things. Probably not dangerous, but without an ...
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| CYSTIC MASS | 10/3/2003 |
Q: My son, age 32, has just been diagnosed as having a cystic mass in his head. Is this the same as a ...
A: It is a kind of tumour, not necessarily dangerous, but of course I can not promise anything. There ...
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Q: My name is Penny Webster, I am a 43 year old female who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. In April of ...
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