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Brain Cancer Discussions

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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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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GLEEVEC FOR GLIOBLASTOMA?
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Anyone using GLEEVEC for glioblastoma?  Side effects?  Working?
207/10/08 Message Rating
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glioblastoma survivors
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My husband was diagnosed with glioblastoma located in the corpus collusum (sp) last March. We have done 6 weeks of Temodar concurrent with radiation therapy fol...
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Questions/Update on my Dad
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To recap:Dad Age 50 Dx July 15th 2007, Complete ressection July 19th 07, 6 wks Radiation with concurrant Temodol, 7 months of Temodol 21/7 at 210mg/day. 3 Clear...
607/10/08 Message Rating
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Newbie with friend who has 2 m...
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Hi my name is Kathy-jo. In January of 2003 my friend Maria called me to tell me she had GBM4 and had 3-6 months to live. Maria has beaten the odds and is a walk...
207/10/08 Message Rating
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