Cancer stage 4

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Cancer stage 4

Asked for Male, 68 Years

My grandfather had a swelling inside the cheek side and after tests it was found that he has cancer stage 4 . Now doctor has told us that chemo will be done. Sir I want to ask you is it curable and if it's not how long more will he survive?? His age is 68 and weight 65 . Also the weird part is he did not have any symptoms few year back and suddenly stage 4 now , we don't know what to do plss reply.

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Dr. Malyadri Paladugu

Surgical Oncologist 10 yrs exp Hyderabad

Share scans if you have We need to know wat stage it is in stage IV Either IV A, IV B ,IV C

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meet ur surgical oncologist he ll explain you in detail

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Dr. Jitin Yadav Surgical Oncologist 14 yrs exp Ajmer · Accepted Answer

Dr. Jitin Yadav

Surgical Oncologist 14 yrs exp Ajmer

Please clarify whether it's stage 4a, 4b or 4c Please share CT scan of oral cavity and neck.