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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.
Expertise
I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.
Experience in the area
I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.
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| Boban Joseph | 11/04/09 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | Pl. try for some descriptions. |
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Recent Answers from Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.
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
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