My husband has stage 4 cancer
  My husband has stage 4 cancer

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My husband has stage 4 cancer of the colon and metastasized to liver and very slightly to lungs. Because of the many colonoscopies and eventual colostomy he has not lost a lot of weight and is too week to have chemo. The oncologist has given him Betanoid. What is this for?

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Metastatic colon cancer requires chemotherapy with targeted therapy, preferably iv. If found unfit by the treating Oncologist, then oral chemotherapy is the other option. Betanoid is only an oral supplementation with vitamins and antioxidants.

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