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Can someone survive having brain cancer - did sen kennedy have late stage?
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Cure is rare: Unfortunately most of the primary brain tumors are malignant , cure is rare.
Answered 4/1/2012
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Yes: There are many different types of brain cancer. Some are very curable, some are not. The type sen kennedy had was virtually impossible to cure. It was not so much the stage as the cell type of brain cancer he had.
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