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Can cancer spread to the brain when someone is having chemo for lung cancer?
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Yes: Unfortunately not that uncommon and indicates failure of that chemotherapy.
Answered 4/17/2013
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Yes: That is a terrible complication of cancer!
Answered 4/25/2013
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