In Europe about 24.000 people a year get sick from a glioblastoma...
...from that about 4.000 Germans get sick from a glioblastoma.
We give the disease a face.
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GLIOBLASTOMA
WHAT IS A GLIOBLASTOMA?
Definition, classification of the gliomas and the most relevant numbers you can found here.
FACTS
HERE CAN YOU FIND AN OVERVIEW ON THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBERS AND INFORMATION ABOUT GLIOBLASTOMA.
Symptoms
READ HERE ABOUT NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS THAT CAN OCCUR
THERAPY
The best way to visualize gliomas is by magnetic resonance imaging (also MR, MRI, NMR ). Images are usually taken before and after contrast medium, which are repeated at regular intervals for treatment planning and progress monitoring. MORE
For glioblastomas, surgery is the first step of therapy. However, a distinction must be made here between biopsies and actual open tumor resections. MORE
The neuropathology department is responsible for the histological and molecular diagnosis of the tumor tissue removed during surgery. Brain tumors are divided into four grades (I-IV) according to the WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system, with grade I corresponding to a benign tumor and grade IV to a malignant tumor. MORE
Radiotherapy - along with surgery and chemotherapy - is the third pillar of modern brain tumor therapy. Tumors are kept under control or destroyed by treatment with ionizing radiation. So-called multimodal therapy concepts are often used. MORE
Chemotherapy is the treatment with so-called cytostatics. Cytostatics are cytotoxins that attack rapidly dividing cells in particular, such as tumor cells. MORE
The name psycho-oncology (derived from psychology and oncology) refers to the psychological care of cancer patients. Another term can also be the so-called psychosocial oncology. Psychooncology is thus an interdisciplinary form of psychotherapy or clinical psychology that deals with the psychological, social and socio-legal conditions, consequences and side effects of cancer. MORE
In most cases, the so-called primary therapy is carried out when a glioblastoma is first diagnosed. In this case, the so-called Stupp scheme is usually applied. The decision as to which therapy is most suitable for the treatment of glioblastoma at the time of initial diagnosis is made by the treating physician depending on the tumor location, the size of the tumor and its extension, and the patient's condition. In this context, the Stupp scheme is a therapy scheme for the treatment of glioblastomas. MORE