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A 26-year old male asked:
What is an astrocytoma?
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A 40-year old asked:
What are the most common symptoms of astrocytoma?
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A 35-year old asked:
Will astrocytoma kill me if I don't get treatment?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the prognosis of an astrocytoma in a child?
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A member asked:
What is the definition or description of: Astrocytoma?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is a giant cell astrocytoma?
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A 48-year old asked:
Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, can you tell me more?
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A 33-year old asked:
Are an astrocytoma and a ganglioglioma the same disease?
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A 23-year old asked:
What is the survival rate for someone with an astrocytoma?
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A 22-year old asked:
Is an astrocytoma a cancer?
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A 43-year old asked:
If my family has a history of astrocytomas. what can I do to help prevent it happening?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the survival rate of patients with anaplastic astrocytoma?
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A 42-year old asked:
What are the chances of recovery for a patient affected by astrocytoma grade iii.?
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A 37-year old asked:
Does the word enhancement or enhancing translate to cancerous in context with a pilocytic astrocytoma?
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A 41-year old female asked:
My 8 yr old nephew has been diagnosed with a low grade astrocytoma glioma. Will radiotherapy be considered as surgery is nt an option.? Prognosis.?
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A 45-year old asked:
What sort of problem is a brain astrocytoma?
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A 33-year old female asked:
i am a 33 yr old female with a grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma, was first diagnosed 18 months ago, it is unoperable due to where it sits, but lately i have noticed my headaches getting worse, is this something to be worried about?
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A 32-year old asked:
What would be the life expectancy of someone with astrocytoma on brain?
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A 52-year old female asked:
Can cancer from astrocytoma move to other parts of your body other than your brain?
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A 39-year old asked:
What are the odds of surviving a astrocytoma brain tumor ?
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A 42-year old asked:
I have a brain tumor anaplastic astrocytoma. What do you do after surgery?
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A 33-year old female asked:
brain tumor, what is the difference between a regular brain tumor and an astrocytoma?
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A 43-year old asked:
Please let me know if there is any effective way to treat brain tumor-junior pilocytic astrocytoma?
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A 32-year old asked:
Was a healthy 39 year old brain tumor patient who had a grade 3 astrocytoma brain tumor removed with 7 hours of brain surgery?
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A 23-year old male asked:
For brain cancer what is the typical survival rate grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. All i have found is 3-5 years ?
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A 32-year old asked:
Starting temodar (temozolomide) rx for treatment of anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumor. what are strange side effects?
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A 48-year old asked:
If I quit my job to due the fact that I have been diagnosed with an astrocytoma brain tumor. do I qualify for any benefits?
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A 49-year old asked:
I've gotten epilepsy all ur life, then developed a stage 3 astrocytoma brain tumor recently, how will the epilepsy affect the brain tumor and visa vera?
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A 41-year old asked:
Is every glioma malignant?
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A 31-year old asked:
What exactly is a subtle enlargement of a grade-2 glioma or tumour?
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