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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?

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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Does benign consistent with lymphocytic (Hashimoto) thyroiditis mean leukemia. That is what the oncologist put in his report. Also he states that Clinicaland serological correlation is recommended.

Hello Sora No, it does not mean leukemia, it only means that there is infiltration of lymphocytes within the thyroid gland, and not in the circulation/marrow. ...

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