A 31-year-old female asked:
Urgent, doctors :'( my mom has metastases liver cancer, lung and bone nearby left thigh found tumors. Just found out few days ago, is stage 4. How?
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Dr. Sanjay Agarwal answered
25 years experience in Pulmonology
Yes: Unfortunate, but true. Cancer cells found any place other than the 'point of origin' makes it 'metastatic' and by established norms in TNM classification system, acquires a late stage...
Answered on Feb 13, 2015
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Dr. Robert Uyeda answered
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Unfortunately: Once cancer metastasizes to brain, life span is limited. It is impossible to say how much longer she can survive, but prognosis is bleak. Sorry.
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Dr. Richard Zimon answered
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The exact: source of the Cancer is necessary. Many cancers are sensitive to Radiation and newer forms of Radiotherapy can be DIRECTED to the lymph nodes you ment ... Read More
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