My 58 year old aunt has melanoma. It started with a mole type marking on here leg. She also has a couple small spots on the lung. Finally she had a seizure due to two cancerous brain tumor. What s a persons typically life expectancy? They ve begun radiation on the tumors.
Hi, Thanks for writing in. With proper diagnosis and treatment response, most patients with low grade form of brain cancer might live up to 5 years. It will help to know what cancer she exactly suffered from and the sequence of events from diagnosis to treatment. The melanoma might be a condition unrelated to the brain cancer if it has been recently noticed. It is important to know the present condition of the melanoma and any treatment taken for it. Malignant melanomas are violent cancers and if it spreads fast then the patient has a survival for few years. Since they have started radiation treatment for the tumors, it is possible that she will survive for longer period.