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A 19-year-old male asked:
How much time does a cancerous patient have after cancer reaches head of a person? are there any predictions about that?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Ed Kaplananswered
Hematology and Oncology 41 years experience
Depends: Depends on type of cancer.
By head, do you mean brain?
Not all cancer will go to the brain (in fact, most don't)
some are still very treatable and even curable.
...All depends.....
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