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This question was answered on Fri 14, Mar 2008 08:55pm by Dr Heinrik M, MD

Brain tumor cocated on the felt side temple.


    
Asked by drjab26@hotmail.com (Male ) on Fri 14, Mar 2008 04:56pm

My Ex-wife has been diogn. with a brain tumor, it's cocated on the felt side temple it's about 3cm, how serious is this

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Answer by Dr Heinrik M, MD  on Fri 14, Mar 2008 08:55pm:

Hi, Making estimates for outcomes for brain tumors is dependent on several factors. Is the tumor is causing symptoms like headache or is producing deficits by altering normal function of particular areas of brain? When there are symptoms, surgery would be contemplated. Does the tumor appear aggressive or slow-growing based on the imaging (this is usually an MRI or a CT)? if it appears slow-growing, observation could be an option. Does the specific location allow surgical resection? If it is in the left temporal lobe, this seems accessible. If all we know is size, then the impact would be in the choice of treatment options. Preferably, resection is the treatment of choice. The overall outcome would also depend on whether it is cancer or not. For cancers, those that are primary cancers do better than those that are metastases from another primary. Patients with brain tumors from a primary in the lung would have life-expectancies of 6 months or so (some surgical candidates who start with minimal symptoms have a good shot at hitting 8 months). For a primary brain cancer like malignant meningioma, after complete resection – half of the these patients sustain a recurrence (not yet death) within the first 5 years. If it is not cancer, then we could reasonably expect cure with complete resection (if we consider one kind of tumor, meningioma – more than half of patients have no recurrence at 10 years after surgery, about half reach 15 years without recurrence). The best estimates would include the opinions of a team of doctors who specialize in the care of these patients.

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