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Is there a kind of lung cancer that leads to cancer in the brain?

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All types: All forms of lung cancer can potentially metastatize to the brain.

Answered 3/29/2013

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Most: Most lung cancer has the risk of metastasizing to the brain.

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Yes: All lung cancers tend to spread to the brain, but small cell lung cancer spreads to the brain more commonly than non-small cell. More advanced cancer also has a much greater chance of spreading to the brain than early, limited cancer.

Answered 3/24/2014

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