How long will someone live who has an Anaplastic Astrocytoma brain tumor?
• Lately, I have been experiencing headaches and when I look at something, such as a group of numbers, my eyes will not see the first number. This has happened to me on several occasions, as well as missing some letters in words. I have also been forgeting numbers that I have used every day for the last year. I was wondering if I should just see an eye doctor or could it be more? I am 37 years old. • What is the survival rate of brain cancer? • My father-in-law was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme 2 years ago. Since then he has undergone 4 de-bulking surgeries, 33 radiation treatments, IV chemotherapy, oral(pill) chemotherapy, implanted Gliadel wafers (twice) along with a myriad of anti-inflammatory drugs. None of this seems to be working. He is slowly declining physically. Mentally he is in good shape but physically he can no longer walk due to his left side being paralyzed. The doctors claim this is due to the position of the tumor and the compounded effect of the de-bulking su
