Michael Bolton has shared why doctors never gave him a prognosis after his diagnosis with glioblastoma.
For not versed, the 72 -year -old American singer and composer was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in December 2023.
While giving an interview with PEOPLE Magazine with his daughters since his diagnosis, Michael revealed that they have not provided a prognosis, but they are trying to stay hopeful.
His daughter Holly Bolton said: “Our doctor told us that he has patients with glioblastoma who is for 10 years. In my mind, that is my father.”
Grammy winning singer completed chemotherapy and radiation treatments in October last year and is now in a “survival” stage.
According to his doctors, the road after treatment has to do with monitoring, since the recurrence rate is 90 percent.
Now, Bolton’s magnetic resonance is done every two months to make sure his tumor does not return and affects it in silence and the most recent exploration, which was taken in April, showed no tumor signs.
In particular, according to the glioblastoma foundation, the statistics of patients with glioblastoma are intimidating, since the five -year survival rate is only 6.9 percent.
However, Holly said that her father’s potentially mortal disease is the “best case scenario”, because doctors found him quite early, the tumor was completely eliminated and has a gene that makes chemotherapy more likely to function.
Bolton’s neuronicologist, Dr. Ingo Mellinghoff of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, spoke with the same exit about survival.
He articulated: “We continue to monitor the recurrence of the tumor. It does not mean that they are cured, necessarily … it is a change in mentality. Hope is one of the strongest therapies we have.”
Mellinghoff said he hopes that the new treatments for glioblastoma will be soon and that is why he tries not to use the word “incurable.”
He shared: “We really hope to progress in clinical trials. I think that is the only way we advance. I have been in this field now for more than 20 years, and we have really transformed cancer treatment.”
“The treatments we use for melanoma are completely different that even 20 years ago or 10 years ago. Therefore,” incurable “has, for me, the taste of definitive, such as,” go home, sell your house, it is over. “
