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hi, my nan recently battled with lung cancer and she had it operated on last year and they got it all but i have just found out that it has spread into her brain and she has a brain tumor and she has been given 8 to 9 weeks to live, it is in the frontal lobe of her brain and it is 3.5 centremetres long, i just wanted to no if you could give me a list of everything that is going to happen to her within these next few weeks?

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OK, she may develop stroke like symptoms and also epileptic fits. She will become more and more confused and sleep more and more. When she sleeps all the time her end will be near. She will then drift into a coma and then pass away. There will be little pain if any.




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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), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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