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Glioplastoma stage 4 dad has 9 treatments left.
So my dad has had a regression he was on a steroid to help with swelling and after 3 weeks of chemo the popular temodar .. He suddently had weakness in his legs and severe tiredness. His blood sugar had shot up to 500. After a few weeks of hospital care he is in a rehab hospital and initially the first 2 days he was…
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glioplastoma
My husband was diagnosed with grade IV glioplastoma 2 months ago. He had surgery 2 days later to remove the 8 CM tumor and has been undergoing radiation and chemo. He has only 4 treatments left. I am wondering how extensive the family activities should be this summer. Our children have suggested a cruise with the family…
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My dad is fighting brain cancer and mom is struggling.
So at the beginning of this year my dad began to deteriorate. Dad is a tough patient and he hates going to hospitals. We begged him to see a doctor. He was not listening till we finally got him to a local hospital they did a ct scan and found a tumor 4 days later he had the operation to remove 80 % of it. He has now been…
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Anaplasic Astrocytoma Clinical Trials
Looking to hear about any experience with clinical trials and specifically anything applicable to Anaplastic Astrocytoma. My husband was diagnosed recently and after radiation + temador and 4 cycles of temador the MRI this week shows progression. We did our radiation at Mayo for Proton Beam but have now been getting…
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DPIG
Does anyone know if adults can get DIPG?
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CAR T-Cell
Has anyone had this treatment/ CAR T-cell therapy for glioblastoma: recent clinical advances and future challenges. ... In patients with certain hematologic malignancies, the use of autologous T cells genetically modified to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) has led to unprecedented clinical responses.