igor999
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which cancer has best prognosis (lets say 5 year survival)??
a) lung
b) breast
c) colon
d) stomach
e) pancreas
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| yoga
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d) stomach
absolutely NOT pancreas, NOT lung
inot sure about breast & colon but probably its stomach
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| po
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may be colon
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| hope4dabest
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ITS BREAST
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| igor999
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yes it is breast  i'm suprised at how many people post wrong answers before reseraching them.
http://www.cancerline.com/gUserFiles/5-year-relat...
It would be nice if others could provide evidence to their answers.
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| yoga
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 breast
u shouldnt search 4 answer u should use ur critical thinking & clinical reasoning
remember usmle is NOT OPEN BOOK XAM
so u have 2 act spontaneously & answer after that u check f u got it T or F
so dont b suprised
i hadnt that idea about the answer but sometime exclusion work
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| hope4dabest
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i dont have evidence dude...i was just told by my med school teacher in surgery...sorry for that
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| hope4dabest
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i know stomach(linitus plastica) prognosis is poor...approx 6 months
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| po
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so the order is;
prostate,
testis,
thyroid,
melanoma,
breast,
uterus,
bladder,
cervix,
larynx,
kidney,
AND then COLON.
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