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Is Tailbone Cancer Life Threatening?
My mother was just told she has tailbone cancer she is in her late 50's and they did not tell her the seriousness but she would be going through chemo and radiation. The way it sounds it is not really serious but i just wanted to know how serious it could be?
Fri, 16 Jan 2015
Hi
It is a serious for of cancer.
Average survival time is around 3 years.
Treatment consist of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Regards
Dr de
It is a serious for of cancer.
Average survival time is around 3 years.
Treatment consist of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Regards
Dr de
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