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How do you treat brain cancer?
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Brain cancer?: That's like asking, "How do you fix a leak?" Depends on what's leaking & where. There are different kinds of brain "cancer" all with different treatments that also depend on where in tbe brain the "cancer" is located.
Answered 5/17/2016
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