Oligodendroglioma

Help! My wife underwent surgery for resection/ reduction of an
oligodendroglioma, which was detected by CT scan 10 days ago. She came
through surgery well, thank God, but now I have so many questions.

We wait on the histopathology results which are due tomorrow, but can anyone
in the meantime point me to good information resources?

From what I have found, it seems that often low grade oligo's do not get
treated nearly so quickly as Vicki's, but regardless of path results, should
we be pushing for chemo now, or do we wait to see if it is gone- the neuro
surgeon reckons he "got most, if not all of it", though it is/was close to
her speech area- left frontal lobe, and the functional MRI was inconclusive
and little help to them.

They seem like a good team- I hear the best in Ireland, but they are
neurosurgeons, and should my wife now be referred to a neuro-oncologist for
further assessment- I don't think that that specialty exists in this
country!?!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated- I would like to know what questions
to be asking tomorrow- though these tumours in general seem to be slow
growers, 3.5 to 11 years wasn't what I was hoping for. In her favour she is
a fit 35 year old,

Any pointers/ advice would be most gratefully recieved,

back off to the hospital now,

TIA,

Ian


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