Is a papilloma a brain tumor?
• Do you have any idea as to how long a person may have had a GBM prior to confirmation. My husband was only 48 years old when he passed away. Have studies not been done to determine this. Do all GBMs start out as a Grade IV or is it something that progresses over time? I have yet to find anything that states how long a person may have had a brain tumor. Someone needs to conduct a study and find out symptoms prior to being diagnosed because I can certainly tell someone the symptoms my husband had besides just the headache. Unfortunately, his ended up being an extremly severe headache, which prompted us to the MD first and then a day later to the ER because it was getting worse. • I was identified with stage II malignant melanoma in February, 2002. Lymph nodes were negative, but PCR positive for melanoma. I entered a research study (SunBelt) and was randomized to have my lymph nodes in my right inguinal area removed, with one month high dose interfeon (40,000 units). I have had recent d
