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Suggest Treatment When Glioblastomas Has Relapsed With Memory Loss

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Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2014
Question: My son was diagnosed with geoblastoma. Has had surgery, radiation and chemo. The tumour is back. Is there any treatment anywhere that could help him now. Hi is having some memory loss now. Please, help us. Thank You, XXXX
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Answered by Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta (1 hour later)
Brief answer....repeat surgery,radiation and chemotherapy is the standard modality in case of regrowth.
Detailed answer...
Hello,
Thanks for the query.
I really feel very sorry for the mess in which your entire family is.
GLIOBLASTOMAS are highly malignant tumour which spread very fast because of rich blood vessels network in the brain.Since this tumour has fingers like tentacles,complete surgical removal becomes impossible and that is the reason chemotherapy and radiotherapy is also employed with surgery.
The biggest pitfall is that these treatments are not able to cure the tumour completely.
At best,they put the tumour in remission.
The standard treatment for re growth of tumour is to resort to another surgery and different type of radiation and different chemotherapy.It is really very regrettable that There is no other treatment besides this.
I pray to god that with some miracle your son comes out of it.
May god bless you.
Best of luck
In case,there is any other query,you are most welcome to ask.
Thanks
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Suggest Treatment When Glioblastomas Has Relapsed With Memory Loss

Brief answer....repeat surgery,radiation and chemotherapy is the standard modality in case of regrowth. Detailed answer... Hello, Thanks for the query. I really feel very sorry for the mess in which your entire family is. GLIOBLASTOMAS are highly malignant tumour which spread very fast because of rich blood vessels network in the brain.Since this tumour has fingers like tentacles,complete surgical removal becomes impossible and that is the reason chemotherapy and radiotherapy is also employed with surgery. The biggest pitfall is that these treatments are not able to cure the tumour completely. At best,they put the tumour in remission. The standard treatment for re growth of tumour is to resort to another surgery and different type of radiation and different chemotherapy.It is really very regrettable that There is no other treatment besides this. I pray to god that with some miracle your son comes out of it. May god bless you. Best of luck In case,there is any other query,you are most welcome to ask. Thanks