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How Long Can My Wife Survive With Aggressive Tumors All Over The Body?
my wife has stage 4 breast cancer that is now in the lymph nodes,bone,lungs and brain. she is in denial and angry, gone through surgeries and lots of chemo. now wants to stop chemo. gets wild headaches, entire body hurts. having problems keeping food down, tired and sleeps a lot .she was diagnosed march 2009 but had symptoms earlier. how long can she live with aggressive tumors throught her body . specialy her brain??
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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hi dear, i understand your problem, your wife has stage 4 breast cancer,and it has disseminated to whole body. chemotherapy has its own side effects. many people cant tolerate, but it is advisable to complete course of chemo. prognosis is not very good with stage 4 tumor. one of the option is palliative care...hope i have cleared ur doubt...take care
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