Sad news about the passing of Dr. Servan-Schreiber
 

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Yes. Sad. I remember seeing his lecture on PBS. On the plus side he proved that he could live for 19 years beyond his diagnosis. He may not have lived that long if he had not had that MRI or he did not do research on nutrition after his diagnosis. I think he probably helped and inspired alot of people to eat healthier. He made quite an impact.

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yes very sad but what a magnificent inspiration he was and he lengthened his life so much and lived it so well.
His advice remains important.
health and happiness
love sarah

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Anti-Cancer became the compendium for healthy cancer survivorship. Truly a huge loss. But his 19 years are tremendously inspirational for us Stage IVs!

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Marcia posted a wonderful summary of Anti-cancer at the beginning of this thread:

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=43389

The doctor never mentioned/emphasized what type of brain tumor/cancer he had. The closest I can find is that it's a type of glioma. I noticed in the Braintumor.org site that patents tend to progress from a more benign type of tumor (astrocytoma [Grade III], oligodendroglioma [Grade II], ... etc.) to the most malignant type (GBM = 'glioblastoma multiform' [Grade IV]) over a period of time.

There are other long-term survivors of malignant brain tumors out there. Few have achieved what this doctor had done in his short 50 years of life surviving brain cancer for 19 years. Indeed a sad news.

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Dang. I loved this guy. Thanks, Brenda, I would have missed his passing if you had not posted.

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Such a sad news. I love his book and was inspired by his own experience when I was diagnosed with Stage IV. I was so much encouraged by his book and his story; I feel so sad now that he is gone.