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Can you tele the difference between 'normal' headache and headache caused by cancer?
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Not easy: There are many factors that go into this answer. Does the patient already have a diagnosis of cancer somewhere else that is the sort that tens to metastasize to the brain? Features of the headache... Is it consistent without releif, what is the location, any other neurological symptoms! etc..?
Answered 9/13/2014
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