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Life expectancy, diagnosed 7/15/11 stage iv colon cancer, cancer has spread to the vagina. the tumor recently grew 20%. what treatments available?

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Experimental: Contact the oncologist to enroll in treatments - but if conventional therapy isn't helping at this point, it is worth talking with your oncologist about options. Note that experimental treatments are not better-.

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Answered 10/12/2013

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