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Details Phase III double blind, placebo controlled study of donepezil in irradiated brain tumor patients Houston, TX 04/03/2009
Details A Pilot Study of Dronabinol for the treatment of nausea,vomiting and appetite loss in Adult Patients With Primary Gliomas Durham, NC 05/01/2006
Details Quality of Life Studies (There are 19 seperate studies listed here) Durham, NC 12/03/2005
Details Carboplatin, Vincristine, and Temozolomide in Treating Children With Progressive and/or Symptomatic Low-Grade Glioma Washington, DC
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Baltimore, MD
Memphis, TN
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX 		11/11/2005

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  (0.9017)   My husband~s last Mri was good and stable. The tumor is almost nonexistant and the swelling is almost gone. We have been decreasing to almost nothing and now seeing problems again. Messing up words, headaches, and now a little vision problems. Is this all due to swelling or could be more--tumor growth this soon after good MRI? The swelling has been common--but never the vision problems. Tumor is in temporal lobe!

  (0.8909)   How can you tell if you have a brain tumor, what are some symptoms?

  (0.8660)   My mother has a history of migraine. Now, at 50yrs old and suffering from pre menopause symptoms, her migriane has gotten worse. Could it be a symptom of brain tumor or is it one of the pre menopause symptoms. Thank you.

  (0.8658)   My mother is in her early fifties and was diagnosed with a GBM in late 2005. She immediately had surgery and did radiation and Temodar. The tumor grew back and she had a second surgery in Spring, 2006 and BCNU. It is now about 18 months since diagnosis, and her last MRI said there was no growth (i.e., tumor is static). She stopped the BCNU months ago because of side effects and now is on a new chemo. I don't know the name of it but it cannot be physically touched by anyone healthy (pills). I am concerned because her symptoms are so much worse. Her vision loss is greater, and now she is often falling and usually needs a wheelchair. A lot of times she slurs words or gives really strange responses to questions (example: dr. asked something about her symptoms and she said ~~oh, I haven~t worked there in years!~~). She never had these symptoms until a few months ago. Is she doing better? Is it the tumor causing the symptoms?

  (0.8658)   My Husband died of a brain tumor in 2002(anaplastic astrocytoma grade 3 - left frontal lobe). He had symptoms for a long time and we didn~t realize it was a brain tumor until the tumor began to bleed and caused stroke like symptoms. How long can a brain tumor remain dormant? His headaches started in the late 1980~s and his doctor did a cat scan and that was inconclusive. The doctor suggested an MRI but the Insurer wouldn~t pay for the procedure and the conclusion was stress was causing the headaches. In the early 1990~s the headaches continued and he began having other symptoms that we did not attribute to the headaches (projectile vomiting, loss of bowel and bladder control). These other symptoms were occaisional and we thought it was something he ate. In 1993 after my sister died of cancer we began taking an herbal tea (eissac) to prevent cancer and my husband continued to take this tea up until his tumor began bleeding in 2001. Is it possible the tumor was there from 1988? Was it possible the tea helped to prolong his being being able to live with the tumor being dormant? He still had the headaches and occaisional bouts of loss of bladder and bowel control and vomiting and short term memory loss. I know, obviously, if he had been diagnosed sooner he would have had a better chance of survival. But, was the tumor there as much as 10 or 15 years before it was found?

  (0.8658)   Besides a physicians diagnosis, how can you tell if a Craniopharyngioma is recurring, are there any symptoms to be aware of?. If recurrence is in progress, and steroids are being taken as perscribed, how quickly can this tumor produce?

  (0.8658)   My husband has had a headache for three weeks now. His memory has declined. His visual acuity has declined and is worse at night than in the day. His neck hurts and he can no longer do more than one thing at the time. He has had an MRI, lumbar puncture and CAT Scan. All are normal. The neurologist did not order an opening pressure reading when the lumbar puncture was done although he did acknowledge that my husband had many neurological symptoms. Now he tells us he doesn~t have a clue what is going on and that my husband may just have headaches like this forever. I can~t accept that. He has had headaches all of his life and his night vision he says has always been less clear than in the day. I think we need an opthamologist or another lumbar puncture with an opening pressure reading. Any advise?

  (0.8658)   What kind of symptoms are common with brain tumors? Three years ago, I had a tumor removed from my right eye causing loss of sight in that eye. I haven~t had any symptoms since then. Just three months ago, I started having blind spots followed by cold sweats and intense headaches, and then vomiting. I~ve never had headaches before so this has kind of scared me. Does it sound like a brain tumor?

  (0.8656)   My wife complains of Dizzinss and light headed at the back of her right head. Is it a symptoms of a Brain Tumor? What is the SYMPTOMS of brain Tumor?

  (0.8655)   What are the symptoms

  (0.8512)   What are the syptoms of brain tumors?

  (0.8510)   After an episode of Jacksonian epilesy in November last year, my 69 year old father was diagnosed with a Brain tumour in his right frontal region. He was operated on in December to remove the tumour, subsequent scans have shown the operation to be a success. My father commenced two weeks radiation treatment from January 29th til February 11th 2003. He was taking Dexamethasone since surgery and was taken off this around the same time as his radiation treatment finished. He was also taking Dilantin from the time of his episode of Jacksonian epilesy and was taken off this around 6 weeks ago. He has been off all medication for the past 6 weeks. About a month after finishing radiation treatment he started feeling nauseous with occasional vomiting and a complete loss of appetite. These symptoms have continued for the past three months. He has been advised by his radiation specialists that these symptoms should not be related to the radiation treatment he had earlier this year and recent blood tests and CAT scans have failed to identify any cause for this nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. The symptoms have now become so severe to the point where my father can not tolerate the smell of food and he has lost a substanial amount of weight. Do you think these symptoms could be related in any way to his surgery or radiation treatment. And can you give us any advise on what steps we should take next? Thanks.

  (0.8510)   My father has a glioblastoma multi-form brain tumor, and I had a few questions that have been hanging around in my head for awhile, and no one has been able to answer them...I was wondring if you could answer a few of my questions. What this actually is. How it affects the body. What are the complications? How is it diagnosed? What are the symptoms? What is th treatment? Are there any lifestyle changes? Is there a plan that would help decrease your chances of contracting this? Thanks for your time and I will greatly appreciate your answers!

  (0.8510)   I am an 18 year old female, and I have been having massive headches everyday. These headaches come along with dizziness loss of balance and makes me feel as if I were going to faint. The, thing is though, that only the front right side of my head hurts when I get these headaches, or sometimes just the front, along with pain in my eyes. This started hapening to me a year ago but it stoped for about six months, and now these symptoms have come back. Could these be symptoms of a brain tumor? Or could they be symptoms of some other serious illness? Pleease respond I am very worried!

  (0.8510)   i~v just found out something swelling in the right sid of the back of my head,for almost 3years i have sever headack centralized in this area i was suspecting an ear problem , when i touched this lump in the pones of the skull ,i went through the net to read about that and i was shocked as most of the symptoms are familiar with me ,change of personality ,but i thought that~s because i~m on Prozak,milk out of my breast ,my youngest daughter is 3yrs old ! decreasing in vesion,weakness in hearing ,besides numpness in the same area ( i did not read that it~s one of the symptoms but i have it),also i have depressiant ,for the last two months i notice that when i speek my tongue freez for less than a second which embaress me at my work ,but i also thought that may be because of anti depressiant medication Please tell me is it brain tumor or i am confused ?

  (0.8351)   I had a small tumor removed that was on the surface of my brain on the top of my head. I had the Gamma Knife. I was told there are no side effects. After the precedure I experienced very bad mood swings which have not stopped. I also had spent close to a year getting my hormone dosage in order; immediately after the gamma knife the hormone therapy no longer worked. Even my breasts becamse immediately painful and I have not been able to adjust back again. The first two weeks afterwards I was severly depressed. I was confused and groggy. Couldn~t concentrate or focus. Still not back to the way I was before and that was two and a half months ago. My family and friends have also noticed a dramatic change although ~~none of these symptoms are supposed to occur.~~ Have you heard of anyone else experiencing anything like this? It~s not that I want to think of any one else suffering; it would make me feel that at least what I am experiencing is normal. Thank you.

  (0.8351)   What are the symptoms of a brain tumor intially? I had a CT scan 9 months ago and it was alright. Now my eyes are not stable for the last month. Should I go for another CT scan. Nothing else has happened.

  (0.8351)   I am a 15-year-old boy and I am scheduled for a CT scan for a brain tumor in two months. I came across a type of brain tumor/cancer called a brain stem glioma. I have alot of the common symptoms, like my eyes have a weird feel; it's not the clarity of them but the feeling of JUST my eyes being dizzy and weak. Also, and for the first time, I had serious double vision. I sometimes get headaches, my limbs feel weak and sketchy, my face feels numb, my eye lids open automatically when I sleep, I feel very drowsy, and my head has a load of pressure on it. I was wondering if there are any other types of brain tumors or illnesses which mimic my symptoms because the survival rates of a brain stem glioma are very low. I was also wondering if an MRI scan shows it better, because one website had info on MRI scans for brain stem glioma.

  (0.8351)   symptoms of a brain tumor

  (0.8351)   What are the symptoms of a brain tumor.?

  (0.8351)   My sister passed away suddenly and the preliminary autospy report said that she likely had a malignant brain tumor in her frontal lobe. Her family doctor had been treating her for migraines for the past 1.5 years (pain medication). The doctor did not do a CT, MRI or x-ray. My sister's only other symptoms occurred in the last month of her death when it took her twice as long to get ready on some mornings. She had previously vomitted on a few occasions and sometimes complained of "foggy" head. On the day of her death, she vomitted, started to slur her words and eventually could not talk (she died in the emergency waiting room as the hospital did not admit her right away). Is it normal for a doctor to rule out a brain tumour with a CT or equivalent if migraine-type symptoms are brand new and there is no family history? My sister was 36 years old.

  (0.8351)   what are the main symptoms of a brain tumor

  (0.8351)   i have a bump on the top of my head that is sore to the touch, i always have headaches and at times i feel the texture changes.this has been going on for several years. will any symptoms of a tumor be like this? and will a tumor have no major effect for years?

  (0.8351)   what usally is a sympton of a brain tumor

  (0.8351)   are thier any symptons of a anurism




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