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One's bladder cancer spreads to the surrounding muscles how likely is it for a patient to survive?

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Unlikely: Bladder cancer can be a very aggressive type of cancer. If it has already spread to surrounding structures and organs, it is an aggressive cancer and has metastasized. Once this occurs, the long-term prognosis is very poor.

Answered 9/28/2011

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Metastasis : A cancer that spreads is much more likely to be fatal than one that doesn't.

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