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Can Cancer In Many Parts Spread To Brain?

my father blood pressure is 86/66 and heart rate of 166 , had a scan showed cancer in the right leg,hips,pelvis,stomach,lungs,liver,and spine was told he has emphysema and today he doesn't know where he is and is not making any sense is it possible the cancer could have spread to his brain?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in.

Your father is probably having metastatic for of cancer which has spread to the leg, hip, pelvis, stomach, lungs and spine. Having such a cancerous spread is a serious condition. His general condition is also delicate and the blood pressure is on lower side with tachycardia or higher than normal heart rate.

His disorientation is probably due to poor general condition. With a wide spread cancer the condition of the brain cannot be commented up to without doing a CT scan brain but it appears that his vital organs are in failure and you must talk to his doctor and inquire about the exact vital parameters. People in end stage cancer are vulnerable to multi organ failure and it is a concern. Please do not worry.
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Can Cancer In Many Parts Spread To Brain?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Your father is probably having metastatic for of cancer which has spread to the leg, hip, pelvis, stomach, lungs and spine. Having such a cancerous spread is a serious condition. His general condition is also delicate and the blood pressure is on lower side with tachycardia or higher than normal heart rate. His disorientation is probably due to poor general condition. With a wide spread cancer the condition of the brain cannot be commented up to without doing a CT scan brain but it appears that his vital organs are in failure and you must talk to his doctor and inquire about the exact vital parameters. People in end stage cancer are vulnerable to multi organ failure and it is a concern. Please do not worry.