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What happens if you get cancer, but you don't want to take chemotherapy or radiation?

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It depends on type o: It depnds on the type of cancer and its stage.Early cancers(stage 1 or 2) is often easy to treat and very likely curable. So it will be foolish not to take treatment. Stage 3 can also be curable but requires extensive treatment doe by a good oncologist. Sytage-4 cancers are more complicated to treat, yet treatment can extend life by years. Turning down treatment is not a good idea....it is foolis

Answered 11/29/2014

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