Chemo without radiotherapy/surgery
Hello, first time poster here. My Dad (aged 60) was diagnosed with GBM last month. Unfortunately his tumour is too big to remove/do surgery on, and after a biopsy they feel that radiotherapy will be too risky. He'll be taking chemotherapy tablets, but all of the information on chemo for GBM that I can find is about having chemo in conjunction with surgery or radiotherapy. Just wondering, does anyone have experience with just having chemotherapy by itself? From what my step-mum said (she is the one who went to the hospital with him), it seems that the chemotherapy will mostly be about prolonging his life rather than easing symptoms, is this the experience that others have? I'm asking here because I don't want to overwhelm my step-mum with questions as she is going through enough. I know every experience is different but just basically talking into the void and hoping to see someone who has been through a similar thing, I feel so helpless. Thank you, I might take a while to reply to any comments xx