Julie, I am very glad for your son and your family! I can relate to his situation as I have also just returned with a clean MRI 6 months after surgery. I didnt realize until my last doc visit that the...

My experience has been that my "local" oncologist has used the terms cancer and malignant to describe my oligodendroglioma II. However my "local" neurosurgeon described it as a benign tumor. (by local...

I too have a grade II oligodendroglioma. Each person's situation is different based on size and location of their tumor. In my case, surgery was recommended as the best treatment. In fact I have had t...

Derek, a few questions if you don't mind. How was the biopsy? Was it hard on your wife physically? What's the recovery like? Long procedure? How long after surgery Did it take to progress from grade...

Derek, the best to you and your wife! I too travel to Duke University every two months. I can't say enough good things about Duke and all of the people there! I hope to run into you there sometime! Ta...

My name is tad. I am 36 years old. In April of 2011 I was diagnosed with a grade II oligodendroglioma in my right temporal lobe. I learned this during a trip to the ER for what I later learned was mil...