Mother in Law was told she had lung cancer and it had spread to the brain. 4 tumors were located 2 deep two smaller ones located on the right side of brain. That orginated from the lung, We have gone over the types of cancer and the stages our question is how does the tumor break off or spread to the brain?
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I am not a doctor or anything, but I don't think tumors spread, only cancers do.
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Cancer spreads through the lymphatic system. Once that system is infected, it usually means that the disease is terminal. Docs will usually quit treatments and just make the person comfortable for the remainder of the time they have left when this happens.
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Individual cells from the tumor break off and travel through the lymphatic system to other parts of the body. Sorry to hear of your mother-in-laws illness and hope you can help her cope.
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Lung cancer cells can metastasize to the brain through blood circulation. It's possible for small or microscopic cancer cells to travel throughout the body in this way. This is one reason that oncologist recommend systemic chemotherapy because it follows the same paths as the cancer does through the blood circulation. You can read more about metastatic secondary lung cancers: Brain, Metastases http://www.emedicine.com/Radio/topic101.htm Secondary Brain tumor http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertype/Brainsecondary/Secondarybraintumours Lung cancer that has spred to the brain http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3765
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My husband had thought he had hurt his back at work. He went to the hospital was told he had pneumonia and a cracked rib. Pain got worse. He went back 3 more time til a tech spotted something. He was admitted. He had a tumor on his spine. The next day March 20th he was diagnosed with lung cancer. It had spread everywhere. He also had a tumor on the brain. They erformed the gamma knife procedure on the brain tumor. He went thru radiation chemo gamma knife and took a drug called tarceva. He fought a hard fight and sadly he passed June 6th. Lung cancer is very aggresive. He had cancer in his sinus bones renal glands all over. So very sorry to hear about your mother in law. Stay strong I will be thinking of your family.
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