Clinical Trials & Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors

Virtualtrials Survery

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This survey is ONLY for people who have already been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

  What type of brain tumor do you have?   Acoustic Neuroma
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Brainstem Glioma
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)
Low Grade Glioma
Meningioma
Metastatic Brain Tumor
Oligodendroglioma
Other Benign Brain Tumor
Other Malignant Brain Tumor
  Which of the following symptoms did you have which led to the diagnosis of your brain tumor?   Headaches
Strange feeling in your head
Seizures
Problems finding the right words
Weakness of the arm(s) or leg(s)
Nausea / Vomitting
Problems with vision
Problems with sensation in your hands
Strange smells (that other people don't smell)
  Did you have any other symptoms that are not listed above?  
  IF you had headaches right before your diagnosis, please describe what they felt like:  
  How long was it from the time of the first symptoms to the day you got the diagnosis of brain tumor?   Within 1st week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
1-2 months
2-4 months
5-6 months
7 months to a year
Over a year
  Did your doctor know right away that you had a tumor, or was it misdiagnosed at first?   Diagnosis was made the first time I told the doctor about my symptoms
The doctor thought it was something else at first
  Who made the decision to do the first brain scan?   My doctor
I had to insist on it.