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What is the life expectancy of an alzheimer's patient who has brain cancer?
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Cant predict: It depends on typeof brain tumor, unless you have severity of brain tum on MRI brain or biopsy, you can, t predict the life expectancy.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Depends: Depends on the degree of dementia and the stage & type of brain cancer.
Answered 12/22/2013
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