How long will it take for glioma patients to recover

Glioma is now a common brain tumor disease, which seriously affects the life of patients. Because the condition of glioma is different, the duration of the disease can be long or short, as long as decades. This makes many patients worry whether glioma can be cured. So how long will it take for glioma patients to recover? The following editor will introduce it to you.

At present, the common treatments for gliomas at home and abroad include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, X-knife, gamma knife, etc.

Surgery: Surgery is based on the growth characteristics of gliomas. In theory, it is impossible to completely remove them by surgery. Some tumors growing in important parts such as the brainstem cannot be operated on at all. Therefore, the purpose of surgical treatment can only be limited to the following 5 aspects.

① Clear pathological diagnosis,

②Reduce tumor volume and reduce the number of tumor cells.

③Improve symptoms and relieve symptoms of high intracranial pressure;

④ Prolong life and create opportunities for subsequent other comprehensive treatments;

⑤ Obtain tumor cell dynamics data to provide a basis for finding effective treatments.

Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is almost the routine treatment for all types of gliomas, but the evaluation of the efficacy varies. Except for medulloblastoma, which is highly sensitive to radiotherapy, and ependymoma, which is moderately sensitive, other types are not sensitive to radiotherapy. Some observations believe that the prognosis of radiotherapy and non-radiotherapy is the same. In addition, the impact of radiation-induced radiation necrosis on brain function should not be underestimated.

X-knife and γ-knife are both in the category of radiotherapy. Due to the location of the tumor, the size of the tumor (generally limited to less than 3 cm) and the sensitivity of the tumor to radiation, the treatment scope is limited. At present, it is believed that gliomas, especially malignant astrocytic grade III-IV or glioblastomas, are not suitable for R-knife treatment. However, with the continuous exploration of glioma treatment by Gamma Knife doctors, Gamma Knife dose-fractionated treatment of large gliomas with a tumor diameter of more than 3 cm has achieved good results in clinical practice.

Chemotherapy: In principle, it is used for malignant tumors, but chemotherapy drugs are limited by the blood-brain barrier and the toxic side effects of the drugs, and the efficacy is still uncertain. Commonly used BCNU, CCNU, VM-26, etc. have an effective rate of less than 30%. The specific cure time depends on the individual condition.