Glioblastoma Signs and Symptoms/Treatment and Prognosis
Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain tumor that is common in adults. It was discovered by doctors among people living in the United States, that 11000 cases of glioblastoma occur in the United States between the year 2009-2013. It is more common in men. It is also called glioblastoma multiforme.
In the United States of America, there are 700,000 people living with brain tumor compared to 37,000,000 people living with a migraine, despite this impressive statistics. This two diseases can be easily confused due to similar symptoms such as a headache.
It is an astrocytic kind of cancer. It is a type of astrocytoma ( A kind of cancer formed from start shaped cells in the cerebrum called astrocytes). It constitutes 15% of a brain tumor.
It is also known as grade 4 astrocytoma; it can be found in the frontal and temporal lobe of the brain, cerebrum, brainstem and some parts of the spinal cord.