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What Does A Tumor In The Basal Ganglia Mean?

My son-in-law was diagnosed with grade III oligodendroglioma (tumor the size of an egg) in his frontal lobe almost 5 years ago. Tumor was resected... followed up by radiation and chemotherapy (Temodar.) Until January of this year MRIs showed no growth. Now he has a tumor in the basal ganglia area that started as 3 mm and has grown (in 4 months) to 14 mm. We are trying to read between the lines of medical terminology and figure out what all this means...
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
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Unfortunately it seems your son in law has another tumor and in my opinion isn't related with the old one.
I think it's a new one and you should consult a neurosurgeon
Regards
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What Does A Tumor In The Basal Ganglia Mean?

Dear Unfortunately it seems your son in law has another tumor and in my opinion isn t related with the old one. I think it s a new one and you should consult a neurosurgeon Regards