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Charles Burgess Charles Burgess
Glioblastoma patient

Charles Burgess is a 58-year-old psychiatrist who lives in Homer, Alaska. One day, while on the beach with friends, he experienced language loss and confusion. Thinking it may be a stroke, they took a boat immediately to the local ER. An MRI showed a tiny dot and the radiologist suggested Charles go to Seattle to UW Medicine. Four days later he learned he had cancer. It was a malignant form of glioma called glioblastoma. First he had surgery, followed by chemotherapy. Looking at his treatment options, Charles chose not to do the standard of care and decided that something out of the box was in order. He felt he would want to be in a research protocol to help others living with the same condition. Because his tumor was the most serious form of glioblastoma and was chemo resistant, the research trial allowed him to receive elevated doses of chemo to prevent the tumor from defending itself. Today, Charles has regular MRIs, which show a spot fading where the tumor once was.

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06/20/2011 - Gliomas: Seattle Research Leads to New Hope Program Details >>

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