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My 75 old mother is fighting gbm but not responding to the traditional chemo radiation treatment. three tumors and not a candidate for a surgery, rec?

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Sorry: Sorry that your mother has glioblastoma multiforme and is not responding to treatment.Your main goal should be,as I am sure it is, to keep your mother as comfortable as possible.

Answered 9/29/2014

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