gbm4 brain stem
Is this the same protocal as in the us ? I would be really grateful if you could give your feed back
Thank you all and god bless you
Christien annex
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GBM standard treatment in US
hi Christien
yes, the standard treatment for gbm4 is the same:
. surgery (to debulk tumor as much as possible)
. radiation for 6 weeks (IMRT)
. chemo with temodar, 5/28
However,there are variation to all those. I do suggest you to send your brother's tumor for gene test. Most of the reserch hopital should be able to do it. there are quite a few genes (MGMT, EGFR, EGFRviii,etc.) are considered some sort of bio-markers, so they might help your ON (Oncologist) to decide which treatment plan is more effective. That being said, all those are all experiemental, be preapred for the "no" from your ON. If that is the case, try to get one with more opened mind.
Aside from checmo, I would definitly consider immuno-therapy.The following link is one of the most promising one.:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01280552?term=ICT-107&rank=1
Be brave! and good luck with everything!
--Jane0 -
god bless youmighty6 said:GBM standard treatment in US
hi Christien
yes, the standard treatment for gbm4 is the same:
. surgery (to debulk tumor as much as possible)
. radiation for 6 weeks (IMRT)
. chemo with temodar, 5/28
However,there are variation to all those. I do suggest you to send your brother's tumor for gene test. Most of the reserch hopital should be able to do it. there are quite a few genes (MGMT, EGFR, EGFRviii,etc.) are considered some sort of bio-markers, so they might help your ON (Oncologist) to decide which treatment plan is more effective. That being said, all those are all experiemental, be preapred for the "no" from your ON. If that is the case, try to get one with more opened mind.
Aside from checmo, I would definitly consider immuno-therapy.The following link is one of the most promising one.:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01280552?term=ICT-107&rank=1
Be brave! and good luck with everything!
--Jane
Hi Jane
Thank you so much for replying and sending the link I will keep in touch
Thank you so much
Christine0
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