temodar and radiation

My husband has had 27 radiation treatments, then 11 rounds of Temodar 1 1/2 years later for a recurrence of the tumor. The tumor recurred in the 11th round of the chemo and he had Gamma Knife surgery (Aug. 2009). Now the tumor has recurred a third time and they are trying Temodar again. What other treatment options would you consider at this point?

My daughter is 3 weeks into radiation/Temodar and so far they have not prescribed any steroids. She is beginning to lose some hair the last couple days but it isn't like they described. They told her it would be patches in the area she is being treated but thus far, it is random strands and with long hair hard to know where it is exactly coming from.

Apparently its in two places, frontal cortex and thallamus and hence surgery was ruled out. She is on 4th week of radiation [6week plan] and plan to start chemo next week. Now she is experiencing headache and nausea. She is not on steroids. Is this normal? are we missing something? What are we to expect in the near future? Any guidance is appreciated.

A month ago my husband (41) had a tumor resection of a GBM in the left temporal/frontal lobe. He is still recovering from surgery and has begun cancer treatment (temodar& radiation) a week ago. He has a previous accident injury where he has struggled with neck pain for ten years. He has been on suboxone for probably 7 years now. He is currently taking his suboxone but is not getting any relief for his head pain.

The doctors are reccommending radiation (again) but because of the number and location of the tumors, the radiation will need to be very aggressive. We are very interested in any other courses of treatment that anyone may know of. There is also the possibility of another surgery on a tumor located at the base of his spine, but it is entangled in nerves and risky.

Hi I also have complex partial seizures which are being controlled w/anti seizure meds. Along w/1000 ml of Keppra I am taking 400 ml of Lamictal. I have a meningioma in the left petrous apex, meckle's cave and clivas... I had gamma knife radiation in 2002 and the tumor went from 2.6 x 2.2 x1.0 cm to 2.0 x 2.0 x .9 presently. The only symptoms I had at the time of diagnosis was left sided facial tingling. I now have epilepsy, trigeminal pain and severe headaches...

Since the diagnosis of Glioblastoma grade 4 in August, my husband has had the tumor removed and completed the round of radiation and chemotherapy - temodar. Recently I have noticed him being very short fused and argumentative. The slightest thing sets him off as if he had been personally attack. I have also noticed depression setting in. I'm assuming this is all part of the treatment and diagnosis.

s interpretation of this report is that your father has had a lot of radiation. The radiation has had a lot of side effects now - and they are showing up on the MRI. He has some necrosis - dead tissue. There is some calcification - hardening. He has some edema. The white matter changes can often be attributed to stroke but here they are saying it is radiation. He has no evidence of stroke.

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One thing I can tell you is beware of certain chemos, like temodar , it can cause lukemia in people with NF, and radiation is also a no go for people with NF. Good luck.

HI, I AM WITH OLIGODENDROGLIOMA,, NOW ON CHEMOTHERAPY-TEMODAR 350MG.

with a urologist to get that checked. I have a female friend who recently went through radiation treatments for breast cancer, and her dr. told her that she still has a chance of having children.

ve now been through radiation and temodar, consults with Dr. Prados at UCSF. The tumor was still growing at last month's MRI. Now I'm on IV chemo, Avastin and cpt 11. Next MRI is in a week and we''ll see. I'm so scared. I'm married, no kids, love my husband and can't bear having to say goodbye to him and all my beloved friends. I don't know how to run my house any more.

my mom is suffering frm breast cancer,she has had 6 sessions of chemotherapy and has also undergone mastectomy now she is going ho have radiation for 5weeks ,is it necessary for her to undergo radiation as her biopsy reports suggests that she doesnt have metastasis,and that she had in nerves.Will she be completely cured after radiation.?

My surgeon wants me to get radiation since the larger area was 3cm x 5cm and the smaller was microcalcifications an inch and a half away. I had a consult with a radiation oncologyst and he said it was up to me whether I had radiation or not. I am negative for estrogen or progesterone receptors and need to know what to do because of the conflicting advice. I am 64 years old, Caucasian, without any family history of cancer.

t understand this, but tissues actually absorb radiation, and only a small % of the radiation exits the body to form the image. Say 100% radiation enters the skin, maybe a few percent leaves on the backside. So, this is just a long way of saying that if the dose was 20 mGy, then at most the dose seen at the lungs will be 20 mGy, the only way to increase the dose of exposed radiation is to increase the time or energy of the beam (or both).

Many medical tests, such as x-rays, CT scans, and Thallium scans, use ionizing radiation, while others, such as MRI and ultrasound, do not. Ionizing radiation is associated with a very slightly increased risk of various types of cancer. Therefore every effort is made to reduce the dose to as low as possible, and to shield patients and staff from ionizing radiation.

The doctors at the reputable renowned hospital in Chicago claimed to have never seen a tumor this large in an adult. He received radiation and chemo for six weeks and remained on temodar for almost 18 months. The last ten percent of his tumor (near the brainstem but according to images not infiltrating into) did shrink a bit during treatment and has remained “dormant”. This all sounds amazing but he seems to be getting worse.

At 47, I have had 4 CAT scans, 5 MRIs, and numerous X-Rays (the result of a rare migraine disease, and life as an athlete). What can I do to avoid radiation induced cancer later in life?

However, I had to plan this pregnancy to happen within a time frame I could best avoid the MRIs. So if all goes well I get a baby in June and MRI and possible radiation or surgery I'm July. Definitely not safe during pregnancy.

My Mom has stage IV breast cancer. It is now in her bones and lymph nodes. I am confused by the Radiologist and Oncologist's recommendations. Is it true that the radiation and chemo are not done at the same time? Should my Mom go with the chemo first since preventing spread and attacking the chemo is what we want not just dealing with a local area. I think the Radiologist may have said that they would only do 5 days of treatment.

Is it safe to sleep on a mattress after a radiation and chemo patient? There is a small stain that happened while she was having chemo and radiation. She hasn't slept on it for over a month.

I'm a male in my late 20s and had radiation treatment to my neck for lymphoma roughly four years ago. Since radiation can harm the thyroid, they took a baseline TSH measurement, which was 1.5 (.55 - 4.78). A year later, I noticed that I was gaining weight and so I had them check my TSH again and it was 3.65 (.55 - 4.78) and my Total T4 was 8.1 (4.5 - 10.9). A couple of years after that, my hair started falling out so I had my thyroid checked again and the TSH was 9.95 (.55 - 4.

I REALLY want immediate recon because I am only 41 and waiting up to 12mos is not something I want to do. I see my radiation oncologist next week and I am sure they will agree with the surgeon about waiting because they are all on the same team. However I spoke to another radiation oncologist who said they radiate with expanders all the time and sometimes there are problems but for the most part it's fine. Im confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My mom, age 73, is getting ready to start radiation treatments following breast cancer lumpectomy surgery. She went through this same surgery and radiation treatments about 15 years ago. Since her radiation treatment 15 years ago, she has experienced bouts of severe fatigue and her white cell count has been extremely low, approximately 1100-2500. The dr believes all the cancer cells were removed and lab reports indicate that her lymph nodes are clear.

The oncologist has recommended chemotherapy, radiation and tamoxifen - I was hoping only for radiation and tamoxifen so have asked for oncotype test. The results will take 3-4 weeks to come back. Can I afford to wait that long before starting radiation or chemotherapy or should I ask if I can have radiation then switch to chemo if oncotype comes back high?

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