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My friend has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer(brain hemmorage) what are the survival rates? Also i am finding it difficult what to say or do.
Your question is somewhat unclear. Am I to understand that your friend has a cancer somewhere and that that cancer has spread to the brain of your friend and that there also is a brain hemorrhage there (just a brain hemorrhage is not a proof of cancer there)? If indeed that is the case the long term survival rate is unfortunately almost always 0 (zero) and the survival time can usually be measured in months or sometimes even less. I do not understand your last sentence. Please clarify!
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Answers by Expert:
Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.
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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.
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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer),
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