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Anyone have experience with lung cancer metastasized to the brain?
My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer 2 weeks ago then last week they found 2 spots in her brain. She is currently taking dexametnason (which she hates). She starts whole brain radiation on Thursday for 15 days then sometime in early April will start chemo for the lung cancer. She is just 72 years old. We have been told…
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GBM Grade IV and going back to work?
My husband David (46) is a federal employee and a US Army Reservist. Diagnosed in October 2010, he has not been back to work until recently (both with the US Army Reserves and his federal job). Since the diagnosis, David has had such a hard time keeping track of time, his things, events, etc... mainly short term memory…
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Upcoming MRI in two hours
I'm full of worry. See I was diagnosed with an AA3 in August of 2010. Since then everything has been according to doctor's rules and a bumpy yet predictable road through this dis-ease. Suddenly in Jan 2011, my docs tell me there's enhancement! It could be radiation necrosis (where the radiation has deaden part of the…
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Glioblastoma Multiforme IV
My sister in law was diagnosed with Glioblastome Multiforme IV in her temporal lobe 20 months ago. It is inoperable and not curable. How do we know when she has had her limit on chemo? She is in the hospital right now due to her platelets and white blood cell count being too low. The platelets were a 4 last week after they…
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Pathology-- Grade 2 astrocytoma-- Significance of overexpression of p53?
Does anyone know what the significance is of p53? My husband pathology stated p53 was strongly over-expressed in some areas, but absent in others. Can anyone help me out on this?
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Has anyone had Gamma Knife and whole brain radiation?
I had gamma knife following surgery that removed a brain tumor 15 months ago. My onco. suggested whole brain radiation to prevent future tumors. I don't know the side effects of that, and last week I had an mri and a small spot was seen where the previous tumor was. I may need gamma knife again. Im scared...I am 36 and…
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Does Having Radiation Rule Out Future Surgery
Does Having Radiation Rule Out Future Surgery I read a statement where someone said that having radiation treatments rules out being able to have future surgery. Does anyone know if this is true. I'm trying to decide whether to have radiation along with chemo on my grade 2 Oligodendroglioma. This might help me make the…
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Oligodendroglioma Grade II Temodar and Radiation
Just diagnosed Nov 2010 with Oligodendroglioma II. Had immediate surgery. Now I am getting ready to start 6 weeks of radiation and 12 months Temodar. However, I'm not finding anyone who is doing both of these concurrently as a first treatment for oligo II. Not sure about the 1p, 19q as the sample they sent was…
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WBRT and Dementia Rate
Wootz I found this article earlier and I found a very small incidence rate of dementia after WBRT... 11% only a very small percentage. LATE SIDE EFFECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY TO THE BRAIN A review of the role of radiation in treating brain metastases would not be complete without a discussion of the late sequelae of…
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Recurrent GBM and Clinical Trials
In May of 2009 I was diagnosed with partial complex seizures from ‘a lesion’ on my right temporal lobe of unknown origin. The next few months I struggled with finding the right dosage of Keppra and then Dilantin. All of this was not adding up for me as a healthy 42 year old young wife and mother of two. So I got a second…
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glioblastoma multiforme grade IV
In October 2006 I had a seizure and passed out. After a series of tests it was confirmed that I had a brain tumor. I had brain surgery and was diagnosed with a malignant grade IV glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). I then had radiation and monthly chemotherapy in pill form with Temodar. At the time of my diagnosis the doctors…
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Whole Brain Radiation - Melanoma - What To Expect?
What else do you tell yourself when naked fear once again seeps inside your bones and curls around your heart to hang on for dear life, Cancer Sucks. Driving home Bob and I become lost in our own thoughts, each trying to catch our breath with the news given at his doctor’s appointment. I notice tears falling slowly against…
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In treatment for Glioblastoma right temperal lobe grade 4
I am a 43yr old married mom to a 8 and 10 year old. Imagine my surprise to find out I had this after almost no symptoms. I was diagnosed Jan 3 and had surgery Jan 9th. I am nearing the end of my treatments now. Well..1st round. I have never been so terrified in my entire life. It took me 2 months even just to sit and type…
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Glioblastoma multiforme in the corpus collosum and spreads into the right and left hemispheres. Cal
My Dad is 74 and was just diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme in the corpus collosum. They said it spreads into the left and right hemisphere and is called a "butterfly tumor". They have given him 5 more weeks to live. They said it is inoperable. They said any treatments they could give would not really help enough…
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Mets to brain...please help me feel better about this
My mom is 56 and two months into treatment for stage four breast cancer. So far she is responding well with hormones, radiation, and IV medication once every 3 weeks. She has cancer in her breast, a single lymph node, spine, hip, and skull. The spine was rebuilt and she is recovering like a champ. They had to do an MRI of…
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Adult PNET
My wife has a golf ball sized malignant level 4 tumor in her thalamus region. We have had a shunt implanted to relieve fluid build-up because the tumor is pressing on the 3rd ventricle. We are getting conflicting advice on treatment strategys from her doctors. Focal radiation to treat just the tumor ( both full spinal MRI…
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update on my fiance...nearing the end
I want to thank everyone here for the support Ive recieved on here.My fiances fight is already coming to an end.Way sooner then we were expecting.We did everything right but its already time for hospice,I brought him home 4 nights ago.Family and friends have flown in from everywhere!Love surrounds him.Im not sure how it…