Suggest treatment for low grade asocytoma
Patient: hello my father is a patient of low grade asocytoma (tumor) and he is taking tegral and rivotril for 10 years now.he also has been infected by hypitytices c but in the pcr test the virus is not found.he also is anemic with hemoglobin of about 9.7.so in that scenerio what you people suggest him Doctor: A negative PCR means that your father does not have active hepatitis C virus infection.Treatment of choice for Low grade astrocytoma is safe surgical resection. If tumor is located in such eloquent area of brain that it cannot be removed safely then radiation therapy is the treatment.I hope it helps. Please discuss it with your treating oncologist.