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Caregiver for Oligodendroglioma - need an idea of what to expect and resources
My husband was diagnosed with an oligodendroglioma in Feb 2014. He went through radiation and the tumor shrunk. In January 2015, it came back with a vengance and the doctors started him on Temodar. As of June 2015, the MRI shows no new tumor growth and any radiation neurocrosis has cleared up. However, two weeks ago my…
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Deterioation quickly - CNS Lymphoma - one treatment of Methotrexate
Hello - I am new to this board and new to learning about CNS Lymphoma quickly as it has affected my 75 year old father. On Father's Day (June 2015) I went to visit him and he was walking very gingerly, slow and I was afraid of him falling over. Prior to this he has been very active. We have gone on hikes, and we even split…
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Views on proton therapy for a 6 year old
Hi Everybody, My son is 6 years old has been diagnosed with medallublastoma. Radiation oncologist has told me several impacts of radiation on a 6 year old. Can anybody tell me in more detail the impacts of radiation at his age and also I am in NZ and was hoping to go over to USA for Proton beam therapy as I have been told…
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First brain tumor from ionizing radiation(not treatment)
Its very complicated situation. Im male in my early 30. I had a head injury at age 8. Nothing serious apart from loss of consciousness for some hours. Later in life I've spent sometimes talking over 8hours on mobile phone with gf, i was only 16. No symptoms of anything, until i started going to load concerts and gigs. I…