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A member asked:
If he has metastasis cancer possibly from colon would that be stage 4 and if so what is a prognosis with no treatment?
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Very poor: Metastatic cancer to bone portends a fatal outcome unless it is one of those uncommon cancers that is curable with chemotherapy. However, the time frame is famously unpredictable. Local radiation to the bone lesions may help.
Answered 3/6/2017
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