Rod Nordland: One of the Lucky Few | Neurological Surgery
When I first spoke to Rod Nordland about his diagnosis, I gave him the news as kindly and directly as I could. I do that with all my patients — I believe doctors should be honest as well as gentle when talking about a serious diagnosis. And Rod’s brain tumor was a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), which is as serious as it gets, with a median survival time of about 15 months.