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Brain Cancer Discussions

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Glioblastoma Grade 4
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My mom (age 74) was an energetic, vital woman 2 weeks before her diagnosis of a grade 4 glioblastoma on July 21st.Since then she has lost almost all speech func...
1908/19/06 Message Rating
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Meeting
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On the 17th of Auust, my wife and I had a meeti- ng with Conressman Gresham Barrett,and made two demands. 1--Parents be allowed to choose to treat thier chil...
008/19/06 Message Rating
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Slow Growing Tumor
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I was diagnosed with a brain stem tumor in August 2001. I underwent radiation therapy & no surgery due to the tumor being in my brain stem & considered inopera...
208/19/06 Message Rating
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Use Matulane or Temodar
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Hello everybody..my youngest brother had surgery 3 weeks ago, used Gliadel and now he's undergoing radiation. This is his second surgery, the first one was 2 ye...
208/18/06 Message Rating
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Texas Patients
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I'm helping to organize the 1st Annual Dallas-Ft. Worth Angel Adventure 5K to be held on Sat. 11/4 in Ft. Worth. This is an NBTF fund raising event. Please ...
208/18/06 Message Rating
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Glioblastoma
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My sister-in-law was diagnosed 9 years ago with a stage 2 astrocytoma. They were told she wouldn't make it to 5 years. They were wrong. She had started having s...
808/17/06 Message Rating
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Hooray For Avastin & Cpt-11, B...
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Just got back from my mom's MRI scan and the meeting with the neuro-oncologist. My mom finished her 2nd cycle of the new protocol about a week and a half ago, ...
708/17/06 Message Rating
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Pxa & aa
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I was diagnosed with pxa & aa 2 years ago. i'm having a tough time finding anyone with the same experience. please contact. --- Message edited by CancerCo...
308/16/06 Message Rating
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Treatment
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My girlfiend was operated on july 22nd for a glioblastoma tumor, she had chemo and proton treatments for the last 10 days and her lastest mri showed the tumor h...
108/16/06 Message Rating
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Astrocytoma
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hi my quastion is my sister was oprated on 22 august2006 the cyste was removed .is astrocytoma in brain in grade-1 is cuare able plz. help.wat should we do plz ...
208/16/06 Message Rating
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Corpus Callosum Tumor
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Last week my 30 year-old sister and mother of a young son was diagnosed with a recurring tumor in the corpus callosum. Her first tumor, a grade III astrocytoma,...
308/14/06 Message Rating
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Pet Scan
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I was diagnosed with a brain stem glioma in August of 2001. I underwent hyperfraction radiotherapy & have been having follow up MRIs for the past five years. ...
708/14/06 Message Rating
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Good News
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Antineoplaston Therapy has been placed on the FDA's "FAST TRACK" approval list which mean's soon everyone will have access to it.The list is available through t...
1108/12/06 Message Rating
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Positive and Upbeat
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A very famous man once said "Let he who has ears listen."So I have heard you.Positive it will be. That same famous man also said "Let he who has eye's,see" I ha...
008/11/06 Message Rating
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Burzynski
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Hello, I hope that eveyone faced with cancer is fortunate enough to go beyond what their Doctors are telling them and do some research. There is a lot out the...
208/10/06 Message Rating
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Please Help! Gbm4 w/ Paralysis...
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My father was dx GMB4 7/10/06. First surgery to debulk 7/19/06. 80% removed. Some residual "seepage" of blood formed a clot the dr was hopeful would be absorbed...
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Low White & Red Blood Cell Cou...
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I just wanted to share this with you to see if anyone has experience with this. My dad (GBM4, dgnosed Dec 2005)had a colaps yesterday. We called the ambulance,...
308/10/06 Message Rating
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Thank You; Re: Tumor Exploding
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Thank you all! As of now my mom's doing awesome, so I'm not gonna worry, because I obsess and make myself (and everyone around me) sick :) I'm very happy and pr...
008/09/06 Message Rating
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Temodar Side Effects
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My son age 14 was diagnosed with GBM 05/28/05 we have been stable disease for almost 15 months. Daniel Ryan has just started another chemo protocol, with this l...
708/08/06 Message Rating
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Glioblastoma
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My girlfiend was operated on for a tumor around the brain stem it was encapsilated, and she had a siesure that they had to operate right away, they didn't get i...
808/08/06 Message Rating
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New to Board
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Hi, My father was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer. It started in his left lung. He has one tumor on his brain stem, and one on the left frontal lo...
208/07/06 Message Rating
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Okay, Wait.. Explode? Like, Bo...
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Okay, what do you mean "explode"? like, grow out of control? When I hear "explode" I think "BOOM"...
108/06/06 Message Rating
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Gbm and Jet Fuel & Exhaust + O...
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My father has worked directly with jet fuel and has been exposed to jet engine exhaust (as well as other toxic chemicals) on a daily basis for 16 years. Just w...
108/06/06 Message Rating
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Tumor Exploding??
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Hi Everyone. What's the deal with all this talk that radiation is bad because it causes the tumor to explode? I don't know where exactly I read it- I don't thi...
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Chemo
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Between 1950 and 2000 more people where killed by the side effects of chemo than the cancers they where used to treat.Here's a little history lesson.In 1950,Cor...
1008/05/06 Message Rating
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