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What Could Be The Life Expectancy After Lung Cancer Spreading To Back Bone Causing Paralysis?

my father is suffering NSS lung cancer from one year and 9 months and has been administered chemotheropy and radiation. Has been taking chemo pills for 9 months. Now the disease has spread to back bone rsulting paralysing body down to wrest. please tell me how long he could survive?
Mon, 19 May 2014
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Life expectancy in a patient with stage 4 lung cancer with metastasis to spine causing paralysis in lower limbs is less than 6 months.
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What Could Be The Life Expectancy After Lung Cancer Spreading To Back Bone Causing Paralysis?

Life expectancy in a patient with stage 4 lung cancer with metastasis to spine causing paralysis in lower limbs is less than 6 months.