Survival time gift

Glioblastoma, brain tumor

The tumor field therapy gave this patient a lifetime. When he works at the workbench, he forgets the electrodes on his head.
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Left untreated, people who are diagnosed with glioblastoma die within a short time. A new therapy against the aggressive brain tumor cannot heal the patients, but they can prolong their lives.

by ANDREA MERTES

In May 2021 Jens Krystek sends a video message to the world: “I’m in the hospital” are his first words to the many people with whom he shares his life on Facebook. “I’m at a loss for words. Too many words. It’s possible that there’s a disease in my brain.” The doctors at the University Hospital in Kiel examined him and said that they had to operate on him….

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