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What is the prognosis, if my wife had breast cancer and it has now mets to the brain and she has 8 modules and several lesions?
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Ask Oncologist: Great strides have been made in breast cancer treatment. That said, once it metastisizes it is not a good thing. Your oncologist is the best guide to what your wife's prognosis is for the metastatic cancer. Best of luck to you both!
Answered 4/25/2013
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So-so: Breast cancer patients with brain metastases have a strong tendency to do better than the average patient with brain metastases. So you should treat it aggressively, but delicately, with fractionated whole brain radiation (i would give 40 gy/20 treatments for metastases from breast cancer) and salvage radiosurgery or surgery to any lesions that grow.
Answered 2/10/2017
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