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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait but question for the people speculating that it is stage 4.... She had melanomas for years and was on top of it. Is it possible that nothing else progressed, and there were no signs of cancer anywhere else in her body, and now it's stage 4 in her brain? Honest question, I don't know. But it would seem like you would be aware that the cancer spread before it got to your brain?[/quote]

You would not necessarily be aware of cancer spread before it got to the brain. Once cancer cells metastasize, they can do anywhere. Including the brain. She could’ve felt perfectly fine until she had some symptoms (headache, blurry vision), etc. Her doctor has probably now done a full body scan + bone scan to check for metastasis in other organs and the bones. But yes, totally possible it was melanoma with metastasis to the brain.

Also possible it was a second cancer. Did she say if it was benign or malignant?[/quote]

I would think she’d be symptomatic of spread elsewhere too? Regardless - I hope they are unrelated, benign tumors.[/quote]

No, not really. When cancer metastasizes, patients typically learn about it via a scan (with no accompanying symptoms) or they have symptoms. When they have symptoms, the symptoms are usually tied to the actual place where the cancer metastasized. So if it metastasizes to your bones = you may have bone pain, fractures. If it metastasizes to your brain = you may have headaches or blurred vision. If it metastasizes to an organ like liver or lungs = you may have trouble breathing, pneumonia, etc.

The scary thing is you can actually get to stage iv, metastasized cancer and have zero symptoms. Rare but it does happen. You wouldn’t know it until you do get symptoms or you happened to have a scan (CT, PET, etc). [/quote]

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