Hi Dr. Landolfi;
Here is the next question from the group. First though, I want to pass on the sincere "thanks" expressed by many of the group members for your assistance.
Here is a real basic question. We keep hearing the term "slow growing tumor". What is "slow growing"? 5 years? 10? 20?
Thank you (as always)
Bruce
The doctor's response...
Slow-growing is reserved for Grade II (low grade gliomas/ependymomas)-it may be 5, 10, 20 years; and fast-growing is reserved for anaplastic (grade III) tumors and glioblastomas. It has to do with pathology and little to do with time. Meningiomas are a slow growing tumors that we can say will grow over decades.
Dr. Landolfi