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Brain Cancer Discussions

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Just an update
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Hi Everyone. It's been some time since I've posted so I thought I would just touch base and give an update. Things seem to be going well for my mom. We ...
107/17/08 Message Rating
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Can anyone tell me if they have had or know anyone that has had glioblastoma and gliosarcoma?
207/17/08 Message Rating
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Update on Husband
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We just got back from Duke where my husband met with the PA, Mary Lou and Dr. "V" for his 4 week post radiation follow up.  The news was good...t...
507/16/08 Message Rating
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Best Hospitals List
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Magazine Reveals 'Best Hospitals' List19 Centers Make U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll, with Johns Hopkins at TopBy Kelley ColihanWebMD Hea...
207/16/08 Message Rating
Discussion started Caregiver
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Books for Children
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Its been a while since I posted, but my Dad is still doing OK. 9 months since diagnosis and 6 months since stopping treatments.We just used a Hospice respite fo...
1107/16/08 Message Rating
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Brain Mets No Primary
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I see most people here have love ones with GBM.  My wife. 48, had 6 brain tumors, two months ago all either resected or radiated with gamma and w...
1807/16/08 Message Rating
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1st results of new clinical tr...
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I just wanted to let you all know the 1st results I received after starting a new clinical trial at UCLA. It was combining Tarceva and Sirolimus. We just got ba...
307/15/08 Message Rating
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information please
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My 77yr old father was just diagnosed 2 weeks ago with metastatic brain  cancer.  It spread from a nodule in his lung, to three places in hi...
307/15/08 Message Rating
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information please
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My 77yr old father was just diagnosed 2 weeks ago with metastatic brain  cancer.  It spread from a nodule in his lung, to three places in hi...
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Terminal Brain Cancer (My Husb...
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I am just hoping that someone either knows of someone that has been given this option, or can re-direct me to some very good info.I live in Canada, Ontario and ...
507/15/08 Message Rating
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Mother
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Hello Everyone, I just wanted to let you know, Mama past away June 24. I was there with her along with my brother and sister. She never had any seizures un...
307/14/08 Message Rating
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GLB
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My mother has gone through radio and she is still taking temodar. For the last few days she´s been having a lot of problems since her head skin feel like ...
707/14/08 Message Rating
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fatigue
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In my fourth round of chemo maintenance,yes,i do take steroids,8mg.aq day,down from 16mg.also,anti-seizure med,keppra,2000mg a day.   My question is t...
807/13/08 Message Rating
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loss of eye contact
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Has anyone noticed a lack of eye contact after surgery.  My mother had her surgery in Jan.  And since then he eye contact has become very little. ...
807/13/08 Message Rating
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Avastin + CPT-11 have stopped ...
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My husband was diagnosed in April 07 with inoperable GBM IV, left temporal / left parietal lobe.  He had the standard radiation + Temodar to start with.&nb...
707/13/08 Message Rating
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3 years later gbm is back
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I haven' been on for a while. My husband 61 years old was dx June 2005. He has fought this for 3 years. surgery. rad, temadar. after it came back the second...
707/13/08 Message Rating
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malignant meningioma
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My husband has had several benign meningiomas , and the last one is malignant.  It is a very aggressive tumor and he has been treated with radiation and is...
307/12/08 Message Rating
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Temodar and Alcohol
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My Dad is currently on 5/23 Temedar. Over the last few days, he's been drinking a glass of wine or beer a night. Is this okay? We were under the impressio...
1007/12/08 Message Rating
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cancercompass search
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Does anyone know how to contact the webmaster? when I have tried to locate someone and put their name in the Search part of the site, it says error. It has been...
207/12/08 Message Rating
Discussion started Caregiver
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Has Any One Experienced the Fo...
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Hi ThereIt has been a while since i have posted. Things have been crazy and havent had the time to digest all that has happened over the last year. To touch bas...
307/12/08 Message Rating
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Which would you chose?
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Okay, my Family and I need to make a decision. My father got a cold and was on medicine for it so he couldnt start any chemo. Because of that we ...
607/11/08 Message Rating
Discussion started Caregiver
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chlorotoxin
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Anyone know anything more about this?
107/11/08 Message Rating
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caregivers...
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Hello fellow caregivers.Don't ever forget what a fantastic job ALL of you are doing for your loved one.  I sometimes think it could be harder for the c...
307/11/08 Message Rating
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This is my first posting
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Hello everyone, I found Cancer Compass on Google. My name is Stasia and my husband was just diagnosed with GMF 4  two weeks ago on his 45 th birthday. We j...
1007/11/08 Message Rating
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GBM IV CAREGIVERS/WHO HAVE TO ...
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What do most caregivers do when their loved one can no longer go to work or drive? In the event that someone has to stay with them at all times? Has anyone cros...
407/10/08 Message Rating
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