Beth Chapman, wife and co-star to Duane (Dog the Bounty Hunter) Chapman, is looking great, despite the fact that she’s battling stage four lung cancer.
Dog has just posted a photo of Beth looking happy and healthy with the caption “Property 0f DOG” [sic]. Friends and fans were really excited to see Beth looking so great, especially after Dog spoke out last week about her cancer battle. Comments and well wishes poured in for Beth, with fans telling her how beautiful she is and wishing her a quick and easy recovery.
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Near the end of 2018, it was revealed that Beth was again battling cancer. She was first diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer in September 2017. She was treated with surgery and chemotherapy and declared cancer-free after that — but the cancer came back in November 2018. The family attorney released a statement confirming the recurrence shortly after news broke that Beth had been rushed to the hospital due to difficulty breathing. This time, the cancer has apparently spread to her lungs, and progressed to stage four.Dog spoke candidly about Beth’s diagnosis in an interview last week with DailyMailTV — saying that he will do anything to keep his wife alive. “My baby has cancer and she is fighting like hell,” Dog said. “I have cried a lot over this because Beth is my everything … Despite all of the obstacles I have to overcome, this is by far the biggest test of my life and mark my words, I will not let her die.”
Dog also explained in the interview that Beth is taking a new approach to treatment this time around. The last time the 51-year-old reality star had cancer, she had both surgery and chemotherapy, and Dog said the side effects really got to her. When someone has stage four lung cancer, the go-to treatment in the past was chemotherapy — which kills all fast-growing cells in the body — but times have changed. Now a lot of doctors are opting for precision medicine, or matching the treatment to a patient’s individual biology and characteristics. This type of therapy seeks out very specific cancer cells and leaves the healthy cells alone.
“[Precision medicine is] the idea of moving away from just chemotherapy for all into finding the right medicine for the right patient, and that involves figuring out the biology of a cancer,” Dr. Geoffrey Oxnard, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, explained.
In Beth’s case, Dog explained that this time, she is actually trying an alternative therapy that he claims allows her to enjoy life more than chemotherapy did in the past. However, he didn’t give specifics about exactly what that therapy is. Though we at SurvivorNet will always caution against using an alternative method in the place of proven treatments, it is really inspiring to see Beth looking so healthy.
The couple has also made it clear that they plan to continue filming their new series “Dog’s Most Wanted” — which is set to premiere on WGN America in May — despite Beth’s diagnosis. If Dog’s recent updates about Beth’s condition have shown us anything, it’s that she’s definitely prepared for a hell of a fight.
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