Wednesday, February 18, 2009

GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME








Glioblastoma multiforme is unfortunately a condition that an individual does not ever want to be diagnosed with. This is actually the type of tumor that Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with if you have listened to the news then he was fine last year and at one of the inauguration balls for President Obama, Ted Kennedy passed out and it was later discovered that his tumors were back.



DESCRIPTION


Glioblastoma multiforme is a brain tumor that is rapid and aggressive and forms very rapidly and will not usually cause symptoms until it is already massive in size. Glioblastoma multiforme is a tumor that usually does not arise from a pre-existing lesion in the brain. Many glioblastoma multiforme will develop from lower grade astrocytomas or anaplastic astrocytomas within the cerebrum. The tumors can arise from either the white or gray matter but will usually originate in the white matter and quickly spread to other parts of the body. Usually whenever the patient has chosen treatment, it is not shortly after that the tumor will arise in usually the same location within the brain.



SYMPTOMS


Some symptoms that can arise from glioblastoma multiforme would be headaches, personality changes, you can see slowing of cognitive functions, nausea and vomiting. There can be hemiparesis, which is weakness in one side of the body, sensory loss, visual loss, aphasia, and eventually there could be seizures.





TREATMENT



Unfortunately treatment is only palliative and so when the patient is diagnosed with this condition, the life expectancy of these patients is not good. According to http://www.emedicine.medscape.com/ for those individuals who chose to not participate in treatment, they have a three month life expectancy and for those individuals who do decide to have treatment, their life expectancy is about a year.





Depending on the size of the tumor, the stage it is in and the location of the tumor, treatments can include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. But there is still no cure for glioblastoma multiforme.





















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