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2008-04-23 bowel cancer: Lilian, Once the cancer has spread from the area it started (bowel to lung),as it has in your father-in-law, it is no longer curable. An operation would be helpful only if the bowel tumor is causing...
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2008-04-18 Stage IV - lung cancer: Kris, It seems to me that, if he is having a lot of trouble breathing, is very congested, and is on home oxygen, he probably has less than 6-9 months left (but it is impossible to accurately predict...
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2008-04-17 lung cancer: Lilian, I don't have enough details to really advise you about this except in very general terms. One would have to know what type of lung cancer your father in law has, see the scans, look at all...
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2008-04-17 Lump?: RainieB, Yes, this can be completely normal and simply something you didn't notice before. We all have dips and bumps in our skull bones. It should by symmetric - that is, present in the middle or...
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2008-04-16 Radiation therapy post chemotherapy for stage 4 NSCLC: Catherine, This is a complicated question. I am assuming the radiation offered is going to be given to the chest/lung rather than a site of metastatic disease. 'Palliative' usually means there is...
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