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Hello,

Please if you know well about tumor, read the post and provide me some information I'm looking for...

My GF was having headache from long day and also Nose bleeding..Doctor told her to do CT scan she have done that, the doctor from that hospital said she is fine she don't have tumor but later one other doctor saw that report he said she have tumor which is "Glioblastoma"...He suggested do surgery or take chemo etc and also how he said its like there are very less survival chance...

However, she was fine some days ago no headache or anything, suddenly after a week she again feel that problem (Headache & Nose bleeding)...

I have consulted a Doctor in USA, she told me that my GF is only 19 years old so she have a lot survival chance and also 70% of people survive brain cancer nowadays aged 50...[b]Do you think she said right ? [b]

She is from austria and I'm from Bangladesh...Now she wanna meet me before she start the treatment, [b] What do you think it will be so late if she start the treatment half month later ? [b]

Recently she was having problem with breathing so she have been to hospital, they gave her strong medicine and oxygen...she slept, after long when she wake up she did not had any breathing problem and headache totally gone...then its 3 days she don't have any headache a lot..but she new symptoms she don't get any taste when she wanna eat something...[b] Any idea why its like that ? [b]

another thing I wanna know is having no taste in food,tough to breathe is a symptoms of brain tumor ? Please let me know...thanks
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replied April 10th, 2011
I'm sorry, but since I cannot review your GF's brain scans, or any other medical reports, I really cannot tell you what she should do.

If she really does have a glioblastoma, then surgery or radiation (or both) would be the appropriate treatments.


Sincerely,


Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS

www.doctorwascher.com

Author, "A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race"


A landmark, evidence-based guide to a healthy cancer-prevention lifestyle, based on cutting-edge cancer research.
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