Q My Girlfriend is Suffring From Non cancer Astrocytic Tumor GRADE 2. PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT IT. SHE WILL BE FINE OR NOT ?"
Astrocytic tumor is a type of brain tumor, that is caused by overgrowth of glial cells, which are supportive cells in the brain. Grading of these tumors indicate about how quickly they will grow and spread. Generally there are 4 grades, I II III IV. I and II are low grade and III and IV are high grade. According to your description, her tumor is non-cancerous grade II. It means it is a low grade tumor, which grows gradually and has a less chances of spreading. Low grade tumors can be treated with surgery. However, there are chances of its regrowth after surgical removal. But sometimes it can be treated for long time with surgery. Sometimes these tumors can be treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. According to type and grade of her tumor, it seems that she will recover safely from this disease, but it will further depend on her general health status, location of her tumor, number of tumors she is having, and amount of tumor cells remained after surgery.