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Expert: - 11/13/2006


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My dad had colon cancer three years ago and now it has moved to his liver , but they do not call it liver cancer.He has decide not to take chemo.He also has had two heart tract , congestive heart failure , diabetes and high blood pressure . He is taking alternative medicine , it is vitamin C treatment .He gets it once a week , they inject it straight threw his vain .So my question is now that you know what he has and with all his other problems and him taking the alternative medicine , how long could he possibly have left?  

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He does not have liver cancer, he has colon cancer that has spread to his liver. Chemo therapy can not cure him. At best it could only extend his survival time and maybe relieve some symptoms for a time, at the cost of some sometimes hard side effects. However with all his other medical problems it is very doubtful if he would be able to take chemo therapy had he decided to accept it. The "alternative medicine" he is taking is in my experience completely useless. It is very difficult to accurately predict survival times, but an educated guess is probably not much more than a year. However with all his other medical problems it can end much faster - at any moment in fact. I'm sorry I have nothing better to tell you!

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I`m a doctor of medicine and a specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have long experience with regards to this cancer.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy educated & trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 I have no restrictions on the number of questions there.

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