Brain Cancer
Discussion List
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Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
Hello Friends, Between 1998 and 2003 I used my phone extensively for 4 to 6 hours, and In 2003 I had started have headaches after 3 days I went to my Physician and he told me to get scanned so I went to one of the best hospital Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Doctor has said to me that I have a benign tumor. The…
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Neuropathy
Hey I’ve been diagnosed with Medulloblastoma 5 month ago during this time I went through 5 cycles of Vincristine and a month of radiation. About a month ago I started to have side effect of chemo, that is neuropathy. Any tips with that? Been taking gabopentin for a month and very little results. Please help the pain is…
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Astrocytoma Grade II
My 27 year old son just underwent surgery-resection for a right-frontal lobe tumor. No previous health issues. They think they got it all...Awaiting to hear possible treatment recommendations - dependent on agressiveness of tumor and liklihood of recurrence. Has anyone been through this that can help shed some light on how…
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Medulloblastoma
My son 7 years old diagnosed medulloblastoma 11/5/2017.Done surgery 11/9/2017 . The surgeon was able to remove it all . Pathology revealed classic medulloblastoma . Spine tap negative . .then 42 days after surgery he went radiotherapy IMRT 56 CGry 31 sessions 5 every week after 5 weeks rest he begin chemotherapy . With…
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Cousin with newly diagnosed Stage 4 glioblastoma
Hello, I am asking the group for some direction for my cousin. Those who have experience with glioblastome (inoperable) stage 4 and have experienced the standard of care chemo/radiation. If you have any experience with "novel" therapies or clinical trials on the East Coast (they live in TN) I would appreciate some ideas…
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WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION
Doctors are recommending whole brain radiation. Has anyone had a good outcome from whole brain radiation? Thanks for any feedback. Rocky