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What are the symptoms of Stage 4 Cancer?
Hi, Cancer has 5 stages. Every Stage is a way for physicians to know how advanced the cancer is and how aggresive is the cancer as well of the treatment. So saying this cancer stage 4 is very aggressive but not unbeatable and all depends where is the cancer and if it spread and again where? and if this is something related to you or somebody that you know; the best answers will come from the physicians involve. my friend was told today that he had stage 4 melanoma and they removed a large part of the skin on top of his head. What good new do we have to loo forward too?
What stage is Michael Douglas' cancer?
Stage 4 Throat Cancer.
Can cervical cancer be cured in it fifth stage?
Cancer is spread through the body in what are considered 4 stages. Think of the body being sectioned into 4 quadrants: the dividing line between Stage I & Stage II being a line that runs from head to abdomen; Stage II & Stage III divided by the diaphragm. Having said that, Stage V does not exist. Cervical Cancer can metastases into Stage IV, wherein remission is harder to bring about, but not necessarily unknown.
What is stage 4 metastatic breast cancer?
Stage 4 breast cancer has a lower survival rate than lower stages. When someone has been diagnosed with this stage it means that the original location of the cancer has masticated or spread to other parts of the body. Agressive therapy including chemotherapy and radiation is used to treat it.
What are the 5stages of prostate cancer?
There is no stage 5 in cancer, there are only stages 1 thru 4. Stage 4 (orIV) cancers have metastasized. Which means that they have spread to other organs or throughout the body.
What is the final stage breast cancer?
Stage 4
What are some treatments for stage 4 breast cancer?
Stage 4 breast cancer is where the cancer has gone to another part of the body, most commonly bones, brain, lung or liver. Treatment options include chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy, surgery and radiation.
What is stage IB2 of cervical cancer?
Stage IB2: Stage IB cancer is larger than 4 cm (1.6 in)
What is stage IB1 of cervical cancer?
Stage IB1: Cancer is no larger than 4 cm (1.6 in)
Can a person overcome stage 4 cancer in the liver?
It is possible to survive any of the 4 stages of cancer, but stage 4 is the least likely to survive because the tumor is no longer localized in one place but has metastasized, spawning thousands of small tumors everywhere in the body. Strong chemotherapy is usually required to treat stage 4 cancer (and some of the toxic drugs used for chemotherapy can kill you faster than the cancer itself if they are not carefully managed by the oncologists).
In which stage the bone cancer will become dangerous?
Stage 3 of colon cancer is regarded as dangerous as it has a higher risk of recurrence and eventual death. Cancer is staged by how far the tumour has spread over the body and consists of stages 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Is stage 4 liver cancer contagious?
no cancers are not contagious at an stage.
