Breast Cancer/calcium cancer

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A close friend om our has been diagnosed w/calcium sliver cancer??
We had never heard of this and cannot find info.
how is it treated and is it a "specialty" that they should seek out a specialist in this field??

Ted

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Neither have I! This must be a misunderstanding! Cancer of the caecum (a kind of colon cancer)? You have to clarify this! Please keep me posted!





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I`m a doctor of medicine and a specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have long experience in diagnostics and treatment of breast tumours.

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