NYT Surgery �Not a Good Option� for Carter, Who Has Aggressive Form of Brain Cancer Gary Carter was diagnosed on Tuesday as having glioblastoma, an aggressive, fast-moving brain cancer that that will be treated with radiation and chemotherapy, but not with surgery, according to a statement from the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Cancer Center at Duke University Medical Center, where biopsies of the cancer were tested. Glioblastoma is the same cancer that has struck other baseball players and managers, including Bobby Murcer, Tug McGraw, Dick Howser, Dan Quisenberry and Johnny Oates. you see those names and you go damn, not good outcomes....his doctor says average survival rate for patients after surgery, radiation and chemotherapy is 14 � months. the whole article is here http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/sports/baseball/former-met-gary-carter-has-aggressive-brain-cancer.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto