Talk:Oligodendroglioma

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I'm a bit taken back by this article. I was diagnosed with a level 3 Oligodendroglioma when I a hundred years old. I began having seizures 3 years prior to that day. I never had to undergo any radiation therapy or anything. I never had any recurrence. I am 30 years old at this point. Is the information reported accurate? Why is it so difficult to resect the tumors 100%?

Oligodendrogliomas are like white paint in a bucket with red paint - the tumor cells blend diffusely with normal brain tissue, and a surgical resection only allows for total or subtotal removal of what it visually or radiologically visible, leaving behind tumor cells that are "invisible" at the time of surgery. --Lipothymia (talk) 20:55, 15 April 2008 (UTC)