A teacher's assistant is not typically required to hold a Bachelor's Degree, so the average pay is much lower than that of the teacher in charge. A teacher's assistant averages about $21,000 yearly with a slight range between $19,300 and $27,400.
Neurologic complications continue to pose problems in patients with metastatic prostate cancer. From 15 to 30 percent of metastases are the result of prostate cancer cells traveling through Batson's plexus to the lumbar spine. Metastatic disease in the lumbar area can cause spinal cord compression.
In more than half of the people with small cell lung cancer, the cancer also spreads to the brain. For people whose lung cancer has responded to chemotherapy, doctors may prescribe radiation therapy to the brain to help prevent the cancer from spreading to the brain.