Terminal cancer is often associated with advanced stages of cancer, but it is not synonymous with stage 4 cancer. While stage 4 cancer indicates that the disease has spread (metastasized) to other parts of the body, not all stage 4 cancers are considered terminal. The term "terminal" typically refers to the final stage of an illness when it is no longer possible to cure the disease and treatment is focused on palliative care to manage symptoms and improve quality of life. read more >>

A cancer is said to be in stage 4 of cancer when it has spread far away from the origin into other organs of the body, this progression is also known as metastasis and unless a metastasis is singular��meaning that it has only spread in to one specific location��and it's still accessible, it usually means that the cancer ...read more >>