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What Is The Prognosis For Secondary Bone Cancer?
my mother has been diagnosed with secondary bone cancer,
it has spread to her pelvis, top of neck vertebre and ribs
she also has lump on her lung, liver lining and in her breast,
she had breast cancer 10 years ago, she has been told this is incurable
what type of life expectancy should we expect as its 1 question we have avoided asking
it has spread to her pelvis, top of neck vertebre and ribs
she also has lump on her lung, liver lining and in her breast,
she had breast cancer 10 years ago, she has been told this is incurable
what type of life expectancy should we expect as its 1 question we have avoided asking
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Tue, 22 Sep 2015
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Hello dear. I have read your details. So life expectancy in your mothers case will depend upon her physical fitness status, tumor receptor status. You can expect an average survival of 2 to 3 years, sometimes more if treatment works very well in her case. Please go for early treatment. Thanks
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