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@mamasarah

You spoke of the grade of a tumor in pediatrics holding true throughout its life. What is the likelihood of a 2nd tumor of a different grade developing?

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Alex Simon | @alexsimon | Jun 9, 2015

Hi MamaSarah:
In regards to low grade brain tumors that we were discussing, this is very low. If patients undergo radiation and or chemotherapy, the chance increases but still remains very low. St. Jude Children’s hospital recently published their findings with subsequent brain tumors after radiation/chemotherapy (so most of these were high grade tumors) and they found a 3% chance 10 years out, and a 6% chance 20 years out from treatment.

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