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I'm wondering what makes breast cancer metastasize more then other cancers?

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Not true!: Breast cancer metastasizes much less than most cancers. It is the third least likely to kill you out of the top ten most common cancers in teh us. See: http://www.Cancer.Gov/cancertopics/types/commoncancers.

Dr Ihle and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 6/27/2014

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