Brain Tumor Questions to Ask

Brain Tumor questions to ask.


What You Need To Know About™ Brain Tumors - National Cancer Institute

A person who needs a biopsy may want to ask the doctor the following questions:

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Why do I need a biopsy? How will the biopsy affect my treatment plan?
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What kind of biopsy will I have?
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How long will it take? Will I be awake? Will it hurt?
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What are the chances of infection or bleeding after the biopsy? Are there any other risks?
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How soon will I know the results?
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If I do have a brain tumor, who will talk to me about treatment? When?

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brain tumor symptoms from my point of view

I look back now and can see all the classic brain tumor symptoms of my dad.
It is sad that we did not know what to look for earlier, other wise we may have done a little more about investigating his symptoms.

His symptoms were typical of brain tumors, but were attributed to getting older.
shaking hand
dragging the left leg
slight vision imparment
maths or problem solving ability affected
he also said an odd thing or two.

etc.
the thing was he had a CT scan at a check up and it showed no problems. we later found out that he should have had a contrasting CT scan, and should have had a different doctor. the one we had was not qualified to read contrasting CT scans.

Maybe if we had known all this prior we we have invested more time into finding things out. my mother suspected problems for over a year, but the checkup came back OK. now we know we should have pushed for an MRI or a contrasting CT scan.

amazing brain tumor surgery

Surgery with a smile: wide-awake brain surgery

If he's awake and I keep taking tumor out and he keeps moving and he's fine, I can keep pushing the resection," Dr. Mintz explained before the surgery. The goal: excise more than 90 percent of Mr. Dubovich's cancer, called a glioblastoma, because studies indicate that can lengthen survival time.

"We know we can't remove the entire tumor," the surgeon said. "At some point, we have to stop because the tumor is intermingled with normal brain matter."

Imagine the brain is the white paint in a bucket, and the tumor is a glob of red paint dropped into it, Dr. Mintz said. There are very red areas that could be scooped out, but then some pinky-white parts, whitey-pink parts and then white.

"As you get into that whitey-pink area, you're taking more brain than tumor," he said, and that could unacceptably impair the patient's function.