Study: Repeated Surgeries Appear to Extend Life of …

Glioblastoma, the brain cancer that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy, inevitably returns after tumor-removal surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation. The median survival time after diagnosis is only 14 months. With recurrence a near certainty, experts say, many have questioned the value of performing second, third or even fourth operations …

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_repeated_surgeries_appear_to_extend_life_of_patients_with_deadliest_of_brain_cancers