Low Grade Glioma In The Left Frontal Lobe Can That Be Cured.....?????

My uncle aged 42 has been diagonsed with Low grade glioma in the left frontal lobe today(date: nov 6th 2008). my infomation is vague on this topic and so is every1 around me..i hav scaned the net and i kw wats low grade glioma and wats the diff ways the level of glioma can be detected by grade..location and type of cell..

now my basic query is can the LGG in the left frontal lobe be cured since the MIA report only says left and I have read that it can be transfered or elongated to the right also (to quote "my infomation is still not complete as i need ugrent help and do not have the time to scan all the web pages my family and i have to up and down to the hospital)

I want to kw if this can be cured(further this is all the report says unlike the net that states the various types of gliomas..) and if yes how...?

can my uncle be saved..??if yes how??

wat will be his average life expectancy after this surgury of wat ever the treatment is???

he is a brave man with high potential and will power..bt of recent he was doing irregular activities like.....if he was laughing he continued non stop...if he said a word he repeated it infinitely..if he was eating his eating had no limit..he was consistently shown to the doctor in the last 5days and the report this evening reveals this as i have told u..

plz help....ur my last hope...the doctors keep us in dark..im the elder child after my uncle's son who is with his father in the hospital..this is a common occurance of misleading the pateints family in india...plz be precise and quick....

thank you

On 11/6/2008 sugandha wrote:

My uncle aged 42 has been diagonsed with Low grade glioma in the left frontal lobe today(date: nov 6th 2008). my infomation is vague on this topic and so is every1 around me..i hav scaned the net and i kw wats low grade glioma and wats the diff ways the level of glioma can be detected by grade..location and type of cell..

now my basic query is can the LGG in the left frontal lobe be cured since the MIA report only says left and I have read that it can be transfered or elongated to the right also (to quote "my infomation is still not complete as i need ugrent help and do not have the time to scan all the web pages my family and i have to up and down to the hospital)

I want to kw if this can be cured(further this is all the report says unlike the net that states the various types of gliomas..) and if yes how...?

can my uncle be saved..??if yes how??

wat will be his average life expectancy after this surgury of wat ever the treatment is???

he is a brave man with high potential and will power..bt of recent he was doing irregular activities like.....if he was laughing he continued non stop...if he said a word he repeated it infinitely..if he was eating his eating had no limit..he was consistently shown to the doctor in the last 5days and the report this evening reveals this as i have told u..

plz help....ur my last hope...the doctors keep us in dark..im the elder child after my uncle's son who is with his father in the hospital..this is a common occurance of misleading the pateints family in india...plz be precise and quick....

thank you

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I'm no doctor, but I've read that low grade gliomas are treated (here in the USA) pretty much the same way high grade ones are, at least initially. Surgery(if viable), radiation with concurrent oral chemo in the form of Temodar, and then maintenance doses of temodar if they choose to be aggressive.

As far as a 'cure', I guess it depends on your definition of cure. Many gliomas can be put into remission for many, many years. The issue is that they tend to return at some point, and when they do they have a more aggressive makeup. Here we are monitored regularly to look for recurrence.

Again, not a doc, bu I hope the info was helpful.

On 11/6/2008 sugandha wrote:

My uncle aged 42 has been diagonsed with Low grade glioma in the left frontal lobe today(date: nov 6th 2008). my infomation is vague on this topic and so is every1 around me..i hav scaned the net and i kw wats low grade glioma and wats the diff ways the level of glioma can be detected by grade..location and type of cell..

now my basic query is can the LGG in the left frontal lobe be cured since the MIA report only says left and I have read that it can be transfered or elongated to the right also (to quote "my infomation is still not complete as i need ugrent help and do not have the time to scan all the web pages my family and i have to up and down to the hospital)

I want to kw if this can be cured(further this is all the report says unlike the net that states the various types of gliomas..) and if yes how...?

can my uncle be saved..??if yes how??

wat will be his average life expectancy after this surgury of wat ever the treatment is???

he is a brave man with high potential and will power..bt of recent he was doing irregular activities like.....if he was laughing he continued non stop...if he said a word he repeated it infinitely..if he was eating his eating had no limit..he was consistently shown to the doctor in the last 5days and the report this evening reveals this as i have told u..

plz help....ur my last hope...the doctors keep us in dark..im the elder child after my uncle's son who is with his father in the hospital..this is a common occurance of misleading the pateints family in india...plz be precise and quick....

thank you

Sorry to hear about your Uncle. I too have LGG stage 2 in the left lobe. dx. 4/2008 at 30 years of age.I have had surgery and the doctors estimate my life expectancy to be 9-10 years. However, there is no cure for oligodendrogliomas however, there is hope to have a long life expectancy up to 20 years or more, so I have read in research. It just depends on location, how fast it grows, other health problems. Generally they do not start chemo or radiation until the glioma becomes grade 3-4, with grade 2 they usually do the surgery try te resect out as much as they can, then watch and wait with MRI's every 3-6 months. If you would like to talk or have more questions I would like to help the best I can

Amber