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What Is The Life Expectancy When Suffering From Glioblastoma?

Hello, My mother who is 59 had a stroke last week which turned out to be a blood clot caused by a very small tumor. The neurologist says he scraped out most if not all of the abnormal cells he saw which were near her motor skill region. She has limited use of her right side and will be going for physical therapy tomorrow followed by radiation in 2 weeks and taking a chemo pill. The pathology reports showed the cancer was glioblastoma but it was not seen by an MRI or cats can just the report. I see the median life expectancy is 15 months. Is it possible for her to live a much longer life due to the tumor being so small and them getting most if not all out? I am really just looking for an honest answer of the possibility of survival or years she could possibly be with us due to them catching in in the early stages.
Mon, 29 Dec 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Glioblastoma is very aggressive brain malignancy and can rapidly spread in distal organs.
It cause complications in brain too. Like haemorrhage, infarct, seizures, infection etc.
So the stroke, your mother had is mostly due to complication of Glioblastoma.
So thos suggest poor prognosis.
And life expectancy in such patients are less than 20 months.
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What Is The Life Expectancy When Suffering From Glioblastoma?

Thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your situation and problem. Glioblastoma is very aggressive brain malignancy and can rapidly spread in distal organs. It cause complications in brain too. Like haemorrhage, infarct, seizures, infection etc. So the stroke, your mother had is mostly due to complication of Glioblastoma. So thos suggest poor prognosis. And life expectancy in such patients are less than 20 months.