Will a person die from a glioma?

Many people are unfamiliar with glioma. But have you ever heard of tumors? Glioma is a type of brain tumor, and its incidence rate is increasing. It is a tumor of the neuroepithelium. It is often found in the brain. It is a common malignant tumor in clinical practice. Let's take a look at whether glioma can kill people.

The median survival of patients with low-grade gliomas (grades 1 to 2) is between 8 and 10 years; the median survival of patients with anaplastic gliomas (grade 3) is between 3 and 4 years; the median survival of patients with glioblastomas (grade 4) is between 14.6 and 17 months. It is worth noting that for patients with glioblastoma, the newly emerged radiotherapy and temozolomide chemotherapy regimen can enable nearly 10% of patients to survive for more than 5 years; before the emergence of temozolomide, only less than 1% of patients could survive for 5 years using radiotherapy alone. The data obtained in the short term will not kill people.

The symptoms and signs caused by brain gliomas mainly depend on their space-occupying effect and the functions of the affected brain areas. Due to its "space-occupying" effect in space, gliomas can cause patients to have symptoms such as headaches, nausea and vomiting, epilepsy, and blurred vision. In addition, due to its impact on the function of local brain tissue, patients can also have other symptoms. For example, optic nerve gliomas can cause patients to lose their vision; spinal cord gliomas can cause patients to have symptoms such as limb pain, numbness, and weak muscles; central area gliomas can cause patients to have movement and sensory disorders; language area gliomas can cause patients to have difficulties in language expression and understanding. Glioma has different speeds of symptom generation due to different malignant degrees. For example, the medical history of patients with low-grade gliomas is often several months or even years, while the medical history of patients with high-grade gliomas is often several weeks to several months. Based on the patient's medical history, symptoms and signs, the location and malignancy of the lesion can be preliminarily inferred.

After the patient has clinical symptoms, the most common examinations performed when visiting the doctor include head CT and MRI.

The diagnosis of glioma requires comprehensive consideration and judgment of the patient's medical history, symptoms, signs, auxiliary examinations, and postoperative pathology. The patient's mentality is also a good medicine for treatment. We are not afraid of being defeated by the disease, but we are afraid of not believing in ourselves. We should get checked early and get cured early.