I'm far from an expert, but my Dad is currently battling a high-grade glioblastoma multiforme tumor in his brain. So I've learned a little. > so this can put

I'm far from an expert, but my Dad is currently battling a high-grade glioblastoma multiforme tumor in his brain. So I've learned a little. > so this can put the breaks on cancer, but it can't fix cancer? "Putting the brakes on cancer" is basically equivalent to "fixing cancer". For my Dad's GBM, he has an MRI from 13 years before his diagnosis that seems to show the early stages of his tumor. At the time, his neuro noted that it was mildly concerning, but then didn't order any follow-up testing. So the tumor lay "dormant" in my Dad's head for over a decade. Then it started rapidly growing last year, until he was losing his balance at work, started getting scans, and eventually found the brain tumor. All of the standard of care around this is focused on mechanical or electromagnetic removal of large parts of the tumor, combined with throwing whatever chemotherapies you can at the body to stop the tumor from growing. Eventually, the tumor grows until it squeezes out all normal brain functionality. Anything that can arrest the tumor without killing you is good.