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How to slow down the growth of cancer cells? (for last stage cancer patient, cancer cells at liver, lung and pelvis. most critical is liver.)
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Your Oncologist can: This is a broad question. There are many anticancer drugs that are used to slow cancer cell growth. But they vary in their effectiveness depending on which organ is the source of cancer. Not knowing the details of the history i can not be any more specific. Please pose this question to the treating oncologist.
Answered 10/18/2013
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Treatment options...: For liver cancer treatment, ask the oncologist to see if there would be benefit from: chemo radiation therapy endovascular therapy (drug-eluting beads or yttrium-90) rfa (radiofrequency ablation) surgery stenting (if biliary tract is blocked causing build up of bilirubin in blood). Good luck!
Answered 10/18/2013
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