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How do doctors determine your life expectancy when you have cancer?
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Related to extent of: Stage of Cancer which means extent of cancer(Tumor size and spread of Cancer determine the Stage of cancer) the stage) is the first step in estimating survival possibility. Ask your doctor about the stage of your cancer and where all it has spread in case it is metastatic cancer. Once you know the stage, the response to treatment is the next determinant of survival
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