"I was in the CT machine at UCLA for all of five minutes before the tech pulled me out and said they were going to have me see a specialist. I've had enough CTs in my life to know they last longer than five minutes and whatever the tech had seen on the first images had to be bad. What makes glioblastoma so dangerous is that it grows within a very finite, contained space - the skull - and it's very aggressive and can expand."
"What makes it so difficult to treat in my case is that it's surrounded by the brain and is encroaching upon the frontal lobe - which is what makes you, 'you.' If that's all the time I have left, I'd rather spend it trying a course of treatment that might one day be a new standard of care for everyone. So if what I'm doing doesn't save me, I feel good thinking that it might help someone else who gets a diagnosis like this one"
Jason Collins, 47, has been diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive form of brain cancer encroaching on his frontal lobe. He noticed symptoms in August, including brain fog that caused him to miss a flight, and underwent scans that led to specialist evaluation. He began treatment promptly and traveled to Singapore for targeted chemotherapy. Glioblastoma spreads quickly within the confined skull space and can threaten critical central nervous system functions. Average survival after this diagnosis is about 11 to 14 months. He has chosen to pursue treatments that could potentially benefit future patients.
Read at New York Daily News
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