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Are brain and lung cancer related?
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NO: These cancers are not related. But.... Many people are confused by the concept that lung cancers can spread to the brian as metastasis. This happens all to often and is in fact more common tha a primary brain tumor.
Answered 6/10/2018
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Maybe: Lung cancer, particularly small cell lung cancer , can spread to the brain.
Answered 9/5/2012
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