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    Feb 1, 2013, 07:36 PM
    Cancer patient
    What is the usual survival rate of a stage 4 cancer patient?
    The cancer is in bones liver stomach heart and lungs
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    Feb 1, 2013, 08:02 PM
    It really depends on the patient, on the cancer, how fast it's spreading, the treatment the patient is receiving and how well it's working.

    Some people can live for months, others for only a few weeks. It's really an individual thing, there's no set time limit.
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