Multiforme
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On November 22, 2017, Matthew Galligan, 20, a lifelong resident of Northborough, passed away after a courageous battle with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) brain cancer.
Carol died in 1993 from the sudden onset of a brain tumor – glioblastoma multiforme – when their children were five and two.
Moog was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor on April 28, 2005, and died at the age of 71 in Asheville, North Carolina on August 21, 2005.
Medulloblastoma has a good prognosis with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical resection while glioblastoma multiforme has a median survival of only 12 months even with aggressive chemoradiotherapy and surgery.
Several independent studies have identified many more types susceptible to the virus, including glioblastoma multiforme cancer cells, which account for the majority of brain tumors.