Brain Tumors/Experts

Recent Answers

2009-11-05 glioblastoma:

Glioblastoma (multiforme) is indeed malignant (very much so) but strictly speaking not a cancer (though in many ways it behaves like one). You probably mean a GRADE 4 glioblastoma since brain tumors rarely

2009-11-03 lung cancer and brain tumor:

Well if this is a small cell lung cancer that has spread to the brain - which happens rather often with these cancers - and perhaps also to the liver and rib cage then the situation is indeed very serious

2009-11-02 diffuse astrocytoma, AVM, and pregnancy:

OK, so it is a grade 2, which IS a slowly growing tumor (grade 1 & 2 are more well behaved and grow slowly while grade 3 & 4 are bad and grow fast, worst is grade 4). However grade MAY change over time

2009-11-02 stage 4:

Your question is somewhat unclear. Am I to understand that your friend has a cancer somewhere and that that cancer has spread to the brain of your friend and that there also is a brain hemorrhage there

2009-11-01 gbm lV:

GBM IV tumors usually have a very bad prognosis. It is very doubtful if a stroke - in combination with surgery, radiation therapy & chemotherapy - could improve the prognosis very much. GBM IV tumors usually