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What would experts say about affect of dichloroacetate in a cancer patient?
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Probably nothing: But this cheap orphan drug, which people have been taking for various things for decades, seems safe enough at low doses. A few cancers that don't do aerobic metabolism well may respond -- there's one interesting very recent paper on myeloma. If you're interested in this, try to get into a study.
Answered 4/24/2013
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