Introduction: Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is known as the most aggressive form of malignant brain tumor in adults [1,2,4,5]. Patients who are diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme have an extremely poor rate of survival. Glioblastoma multiforme has been found to be sporadic and doesn’t have any linkage or genetic pre-dispositions. The prognostic of GBM is poor and there has been little improvement of the patients overall survival rates for the past three decades [5]. Although patients undergo
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GMB) is the most common form of primary malignant brain tumor in adults. With the current standard therapy, median survival time hovers just over 12 months. This incurable disease is devastating with a median survival time of 6-8 months from time of recurrence (J10). The current standard of therapy at first diagnosis consists of surgery followed by radiotherapy with concommittant and adjuvant chemotherapy using the agent temozolamide (TMZ) (Multiple sources). In 2003
Glioblastoma Multiforme is the most aggressive and malignant form of brain cancer, with an average survival of less than 12 months. Glioblastomas (GBM) are tumors that arise from the supportive tissues of the brain. These supportive tissues are composed of astrocytes, star-shaped glial cells that play a very important role in neural functioning. Glioblastomas are highly malignant because astrocytes reproduce quickly and are supported by a large network of blood vessels. Although they are generally
would be affected in this controversy because they need to approve the cure also the patients would be a stakeholder. Trull begins by saying “Thanks to the work of scientist and physicians in Duke university, an experimental new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme, which kills about 12,000 people a year is saving patients. This extraordinary development wouldn’t of have been possible
Thousands of people nationwide suffer with a terminal disease that inevitably will end their life. Many live day by day in unremitting pain with fear, aware that because of their illness they soon will take their last breathe. A sum of these people/patients ask for the choice to avoid death from their disease and instead choose when to go on their own terms and in peace with the help of their physicians before the disease takes them.This choice is called assisted suicide, it is a form of euthanasia
friend's house after school. I had never been given a bus pass during the school day before. I knew my aunt had already been ill. My parents informed me it was a cancer in her brain. The name of the death penalty my aunt had encountered was Glioblastoma Multiforme. Once I held the bus pass within in my nervous fingers, I knew it would be the day I had lost my aunt. Once I lost her, questions began to consume me. I researched my aunt's cancer. It was one that had mainly affected males above the age
was done and the diagnosis was a Grade 3-4 astrocytoma, aka Glioblastoma multiforme. We were told astrocytoma’s and oligodendroglia’s come in four grades, with Grade 1 being the most benign and Grade 4 being the most malignant. Glioma’s are tumors arising from glial cells and may occur in the spinal cord or the brain. Glioma’s are the most common type of brain tumor and can be either supratentorial or infratentorial. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and most aggressive type of primary
Shahed Al Massri 250 572 285 Dr. Torchia Take Home Exam November 4th, 2014 Question 1 Epigenetic inheritance is defined as the regulatory information passed down from parent to offspring without any changes in the underlying DNA sequence. This process can involve various modifications of histones as well as DNA itself. These types of alterations include acetylation, methylation and phosphorylation. Such changes can regulate expression through a variety of different mechanisms, including
Euthanasia in Canada should be legal in cases of patients suffering from terminal or chronic illness. Euthanasia falls under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a constitutional provision that protects an individual's autonomy and personal legal rights from actions of the government in Canada. As well as that, Canadian citizens reserve the right to die on their own terms, or, “die with dignity”. Finally, the addition of euthanasia to the end of life care program in Canada
Astrocytomas: They can come from anywhere in the brain/spinal cord. They are the most common tumor. For adults it occurs in the cerebrum, the largest part of the brain. It tells us what is going on, it also shows controls our senses. Glioblastoma/Glioblastoma Multiforme/GBM: Is a form of malignant tumour that forms anywhere in the brain but most commonly in the frontal and temporal lobes. They usually effect adults. Meningioma/Meningeal Tumours: They start in the membrane brain/spinal cord. 15% of
wasting your living life. Saving lives matter. My passion for nursing was sparked many years ago, during which I made frequent visits to the hospital to visit and be with my mother, whom had been diagnosed with primary brain cancer, Grade 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme. My mother had many surgeries and a lot of complications. Being at the hospital for multiple days in and out each week gave me a chance to become familiar with some of the many duties that nurses complete daily. Over the course of three years
Have you ever lost anyone extremely special to you? It’s not a pleasant experience. The grief is unbearable and can haunt you for a very long time. The only positive thing are the memories that you shared together. Those can be both beautiful yet heart wrenching. The story of Tina and I starts in fifth grade. Tina had a broken ankle and was on crutches. She needed a friend to help carry her books and help her with her lunch tray. I didn’t know her all that well, but wanted to help her. That
“Cancer affects all of us, whether you’re a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, or patient” (Aniston). Cancer treatment is a very sore subject, but many people are diagnosed with this disease. However, doctors have ways of finding cancer and treating it. Cancer is a very serious issue that needs to be dealt with in each person who is diagnosed with it. To understand the solution, one has to know the causes, effects, and problems of cancer. To understand the problem of cancer