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Episode 117: Glioblastoma Multiforme - What would Jimmy V Do?

Episode 117: Glioblastoma Multiforme - What would Jimmy V Do?

From2 Docs Talk: The podcast about healthcare, the science of medicine and everything in between.


Episode 117: Glioblastoma Multiforme - What would Jimmy V Do?

From2 Docs Talk: The podcast about healthcare, the science of medicine and everything in between.

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Senator McCain has a malignant brain tumor called a Glioblastoma Multiforme, orglioblastoma or GBM for short. He’s not the first person politically connected to get one of these things. I think this is what Senator Ted Kennedy had back in 2008 and also Beau Biden, Joe Biden’s son died of a glioblastoma. Glioblastomas are one of a class of brain tumors called Gliomas. Gliomas can be low grade which are considered pre-malginant or pre-cancerous or they can be high grade malignancies such as GBMs.   Today 2 Docs Talk about Glioblastoma Multiforme, and the difficulties associated with treating - or not treating - the tumor.  Resources: Don't Tell John McCain to Fight His Cancer FDA approval of Optune device for Glioblastoma 2 Docs Talk episode on hospice Be sure and subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t already.  And you know we’d appreciate it so much if you would tell your friends about 2 Docs Talk! Listen on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Now Available on Google Play Music!  
Released:
Feb 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Welcome to 2 Docs Talk. Join cohosts Kendall Britt, MD and Amy Rogers, MD for a 15 minute check-up on current issues in health, healthcare policy, and evidence- based medicine.