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What is the life expectancy for someone with brain metastases from lung cancer?
8 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
It varies quite a lo: It depends on the number of metastatic lesions and also if there is disease outside of the brain and also on the response to treatment. Not knowing any of these variables, i would say patients can live from 3 months on the short end to 12 to even 18 months. Occasionally the brain met can be resected surgically which can provide even a longer survival. So i can not be more precise.
Answered 7/5/2018
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Brief: Some variation, depending on cell type, size of lesion, diffuse or multiple lesions. Some may respond to radiation, or chemo but prognosis is generally poor and short.
Answered 4/9/2021
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Tough: Depends but one can guesstimate that it would be months. Some patients do better and can survive longer. Hope this helps.
Answered 1/16/2019
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