What are the chances of living with a malignant inoperable brain tumor?

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My mother was recently diagnosed, she is on her 3rd of 10 days of radiation, with no change. She has extreme loss of function on her right side, and can no longer walk. What is the chances of her getting better?
She just got done with chemotherapy after having her left lung removed full of cancer.

I know it's not good, but realistically does she have a chance of pulling out of this?
The Dr. says she can't have more than 10 radiation sessions.
I will pray for her . My mother too was found with lg, mass in her l. lung. After seeing your question ,god I just wonder how long she has . So sorry for your mom. GOD BLESS HER TOO And so--- sorry for mine. I will PRAY --  (+ info)

What exactly is "malignant narcissism", and how does it differ from narcissistic personality disorder?

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I'm looking for some real-life examples here, and not just cut and paste from Wikipedia or the Mayo Clinic website.
Malignant narcissists I believe seek out and have an outright need to extract negative attention from others. There are two kinds of supply out there for a narcissist positive and negative supply and I think every narcissists have a balance of each that they seek. Some can seek out more of the positive 'look at me type of attention' to have their needs meets met although they can be terrorizer's from time to time. The MN is one who has to have that rush they get from their victims pain and suffering.
The MN I feel becomes not so much interested in the positive attention anymore the pain and suffering of others has far more kick for them. They don't want to just smoke a joint anymore (positive attention) they want to shoot up heroin and the pain and suffering of others is their heroin. They seek to destroy others, stamp them out and extinguish any goodness in them. Their illness takes a turn and terror is what they become to need and seek.
I really think it depends on what path the N's life takes among other things. If they can extract their attention, tell their lies, feel superior and have a partner and work environment who caters to it, then I think they can possibly never cross over into being a full MN (although still malignant to a point). But if they run into problems, let their bitterness build up, have people and partners who disown them, have their superiority sense dampened regularly the malignant side can build up steam until they are downright scary and destructive to themselves and others.
It probably also depends on the persons overall personality in general. If you take someone who would have been quite caring and pleasent to be around had they not been conditioned into a narcissist than they probably have a less a chance of becoming a full MN. If you take someone who would have been ego based, arrogant and attention needy without being a narcissist and conditioned them into a narcissist they might be much more likely to become fully MN. Behind every narcissist is a personality that was lost and never got a chance to emerge though it is there and does intertwine with their dysfunctional condition.
I do believe no one is born a narcissist, it is a mentally conditioned behavior that many can be susceptible to. The narcissist is raped of a normal life, its really sad if you think about it. The vulnerable are the sensitive, emotional, easily influenced, and have a fluctuating sense of self. Some kids of narcissistic parents never turn out like their parents some do but any strong combination of any of those items really sets them up to a robbed and unfortunate life (hard to defend yourself when you're a kid). Someone who becomes a target of a MN for too long also can turn narcissistic they are poisonous and choose their victims carefully. They rub off on their targets because they want to transfer their pain to you, some just have more pain to transfer and become the malignant type.   (+ info)

Is it possible for a Kidney Stone to be Malignant?

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In the past 2 years, my girlfriend has had kidney stones 3 times. Once she passed it, and twice they went in and busted them. After the last one, they sent a sample to the lab (common procedure, I'm guessing?) and something came back malignant. They said they're thinking it's just a fluke but they want to draw blood and double check everything. So my question is, is it really possible for a kidney stone to be malignant?
When "malignant" is used to describe a kidney stone, it means the stone has calcified and is not readily soluble, and it would cause problems if untreated. This is different from the meaning when the word is used to describe cancer.  (+ info)

what is the difference between non-malignant tumors and malignant tumors?

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what is the difference between non-malignant tumors (often also called 'benign tumors') and malignant tumors?
A malignant tumor is cancerous where a benign tumor does not have cancerous cells.  (+ info)

What is The Difference between benign and Malignant Intra-Cranial Hypertension?

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I was diagnosed not long ago with Benign Intra Cranial hypertension and I have heard there is another condition called malignant intra cranial hypertension. I just wanted to know if anyone knows the difference between them
Benign and malignant hypertension is a difference of magnitude. Malignant hypertension is much higher, and often more sudden. The effects on the circulatory system are different, as you could guess. Benign hypertension acts over a long time, but malignant hypertension can cause dramatic changes in the blood vessels, including a thickening that can eventually damage the organs they supply.  (+ info)

What kind of tumor is it Benign or malignant?

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The X-rays from a client showed a small (1 mm diameter) nodule in his right lung. The X-rays were taken 19 days ago. and now in today's X-ray, the nodule is 3.5 cm in diameter. Is this tumor benign or malignant?
malignant, because it's growing.  (+ info)

What type of oncologist is most likely to see a patient with malignant ascites?

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I'm looking for specific subspecialties/areas of focus if possible, not just "medical" or "surgical" oncologist. Thanks!
My son had malignant ascites and he saw a pediatric oncologist. He had 30 pounds of fluid in his belly and was diagnosed with a rare abdominal desmoplastic sarcoma (presents as multiple tumors). They gave him a diuretic and he was able to eliminate the fluid in that way.

Malignant ascites is a condition brought about by abdominal related cancers ( breast, lung, large bowel (colon), stomach, pancreas, ovary or endometrial cancers) and is treated by giving a diuretic (lasix) or the fluid can be drained with a tube by a process called paracentesis.

Ascites can be a real and debilitating problem with advanced abdominal cancers. There does appear to be a (palliative or curative) treatment for this called intra-peritonal hyperthermic chemoperfusion that may halt the onset of ascites.

http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200417/000020041704A0545290.php

My son underwent a successful cytoreductive surgery followed by intra-peritoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion to treat not only the ascites, but also to kill off all the peritoneal seedings left by the fluid.  (+ info)

What is the survival rate for malignant Melanoma?

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I want to know what my chances are after it keeps coming back and it is now at stage 4 and in my lungs but the Dr's keep saying the same thing it is different in every body. Please someone be up front with me.
You already know that your prognosis is guarded. I am not a big believer in prognosis charts or statistics since the only percentile that really ends up mattering is whatever percentile you turn out to be. What happens to others has no real relevance to what happens with you and reading published poor prognosis statistics does not mean that your death is an impending certainty. Emedicine says the five year prognosis for stage four melanoma is 7-19% survival.

http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic257.htm

If you are able I would try to enroll in the NIH clinical trials for melanoma which have produced amazing results in small numbers of patients. Clinical trials info for stage four melanoma is available here.

http://www.cancer.gov/search/ResultsClinicalTrials.aspx?protocolsearchid=3314399

The NIH is currently offering 164 stage four melanoma trials. I would try to get in any of the immunotherapy trials being run by Dr Steven A. Rosenberg. good luck  (+ info)

What sort of damage can it do to live in a family of malignant narcissists?

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Also, what are the symptoms of a malignant narcissist?
The symptoms of one? They no matter the circumstance or the outcome put themselves first. It can do damage almost anything you can think of, however, if you know that they are, you can ignore them rendering them harmless to you.  (+ info)

What if you had a malignant brain tumor and didn't get a treatment? What would happen before you died?

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I mean the stages before you died. Would you get really tired and weak, fall into a coma for a week then die? What would happen?
A great deal depends on where it is located. If it is in the brain stem area which controls breathing, you would stop breathing and probably have slow heart rate as well. Other places would lead to seizures. Sometimes you lapse into a coma; other times you may be paralyzed but fully awake. I have seen many different presentations of death with a brain tumor depending on location. One common one is to start having greater sleepiness and difficulty concentrating, talking & recognizing people (memory problems); swelling in the brain leads to herniation of the brain--the brain gets pushed down the hole in the skull. This results in a strange posture, complete non-responsiveness and death shortly.  (+ info)

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