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Hi dr this was the report of my sis
Hi dr pleasr suggest me that what was this report was saying because th
e dr was saying that its was a brain cancer in 4th stage but after surgery she was well and she was recovering very fast after removing the tumor but dr was saying that she could live only 4 to 6 month please help me dr
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It's Grade 4 Glioblastoma.
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chemotherapy and aradiotherapu
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Dr. Archana Prathipati
Oncologist
14 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Sadly report confirms that it is GBM grade 4 braintumor..
Most aggressive and poor prognostic tumor..
She needs radiation and chemotherapy during radiation and post radiation..
Get tumor tissue tested for MGMT mutation expression..
It helps to predict chemoresponsiveness
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meet radiation oncologist for opinion..
get a MRI brain for residual status
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Dr. D.Shiva Prasad
Radiation Oncologist
7 yrs exp
Hyderabad
She will require further treatment which might improve her survival.
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