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Just heard back the acquaintance i know has glioblastoma. said tumor was surgically completely removed. doing radiation and chemo. life expectancy?

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It is a bad cancer: The average survival is between 1 to 2 years. A few lucky ones survive 5 years. Make sure he has a good modern oncologist taking care of him/her.

Answered 4/8/2017

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