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What do you suggest if my dad is 74 and is a cancer patient, has difficulty in swallowing food?
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He needs to......: ...talk to his doctor about it. May be related to the cancer or to the treatment. Alternatively, it may have nothing to do with any of those.
Answered 11/10/2014
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