What are the chances of surviving brain cancer?

Dr. Martinez-Irizarry responded: Depends.. There are different types of cancers that can occur in the brain. Some are worse than others. Some are easier to remove than others. read more

Survival Rates for Selected Adult Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Survival rates are a way to get a general idea of the outlook (prognosis) for people with a certain type of tumor. They tell you what portion of people with the same type of tumor are still alive a certain amount of time (usually 5 years) after they were diagnosed. read more

The scan showed a baseball-sized tumor in the lower left lobe of my brain. Immediately, the doctors diagnosed it as an advanced (grade 4) glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), one of the worst and most aggressive brain cancers. I was told that I had three months to live, and the odds of my child being born were slim to none. read more