Romanian Doctors Remove Massive 7-Centimetre Brain Tumor from Patient

Jerusalem, 11 February, 2026 (TPS-IL) -- (AGERPRES) – Doctors of the Prof. Dr. Nicolae Oblu Clinical Emergency Hospital in Iasi managed to save the life of a 72-year-old man from Cluj with a seven-centimetre brain tumor.

Hospital manager Dr. Lucian Eva, who coordinated the medical team, told AGERPRES the operation was extremely complex.

“This patient came to our clinic because of a tumour lesion about five centimetres in diameter. It is most likely a high-grade glioma, but this aspect will be found out after the anatomopathological analysis. When he arrived at our hospital, the patient was not talking, he could not move his hand or leg on his right side,” he said.

“We are talking about this lesion, a change in the brain, seven centimetres in diameter, located in an area that is surgically resectable. For the brain it is a very large lesion, which is life-threatening. A full resection was performed, fully microscopically. The more you remove from this tumour, the longer the survival time. Age is not an impediment to this type of resection when the location of the lesion allows it,” Eva said.

He added that after the operation, the patient began to regain his speech and the movement of his hand and leg.

“The most important thing is that he is alive. I must emphasise that, under such circumstances, the survival time depends on how much is removed from that tumour. The more it is removed, the longer the patient survives. The patient will also undergo additional oncological treatment, on the recommendation of an oncologist and a radiotherapist. Depending on the evolution and type of tumour, the patient will be supervised in our service,” Eva said.

The Prof. Dr. Nicolae Oblu Hospital in Iasi is a benchmark medical unit both nationally and internationally.

“It is a hospital that, from the point of view of the healthcare system of Romania, is very well equipped, well above the average of many hospitals in the country and even above the average of some hospitals elsewhere in Europe. That allows the team of neurosurgeons to perform complex surgeries and treat patients at the highest level,” Eva explained. “From our point of view, age is not an impediment to undergo surgery, even extensive ones. Our role is to make sure the best possible quality of life for these patients and to intervene when the body still has the resources to be able to withstand surgery of this level. We are glad that we can help patients.”