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Which type of cancers are fatal and the patient can survive for more than a few months?
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Do I understand?: Any cancer that is not effectively treated with surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy (old-fashioned or new biotech) will cause your death. That being the case, the course of an untreatable cancer is often measured in years. In fact, i know no cancer any more in which death is certain within "a few months" of diagnosis.
Answered 6/20/2013
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