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Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Brain Tumor | Last Active: Mar 21 9:05am | Replies (684)

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I do. It's pressing on my frontal lobe. Drs talking about radiation but that scares me. I'm going to conference with a radiologist who is researching genetic predispositions for those who respond well to radiology, and those who do not

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@janeelaine , would you share with us what you learn about the genetic profiling? I assume this doctor is looking into "gene expression profiling" for the tumor rather than into YOUR genetics. This is ongoing research several in several places and some results are just starting to come out. I would particularly like to have a couple of actual research papers to read, if the doctor can share those.