A 34-year-old member asked:
Is metastatic anal cancer terminal?
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Dr. Herbert Duvivieranswered
Hematology and Oncology 35 years experience
Unfortunately: Metastatic disease (also known as stage 4) is usually not curable by todays treatments. Although use of chemotherapy may improve survival and may rarely put someone into a temporary remission the disease usually returns or more often does not go away and eventually progresses and the patient will eventually succumb to it.
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Do you have any uplifting stories about metastatic cancer being somehow cured?
Dr. John Washburnanswered
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My 55 year old brother has metastatic bladder cancer. What can you tell me about this cancer?
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Rephrase question...: What do you want to know? That's a really open-ended question. Etiology, risk factors, grading, staging, treatments, experimental protocols, prognosis... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
In regards to metastatic cancer, how many times have you heard of a person being diagnosed and living for years?
Dr. Barry Rosenanswered
General Surgery 36 years experience
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A 47-year-old member asked:
What's spinal metastatic cancer?
Dr. Frank Mayoanswered
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What is metastatic prostate cancer?
Dr. Ankush Bansalanswered
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