Mob Wives star Big Ang, who started another round of chemo last month for stage 4 brain and lung cancer, has been told by doctors that the treatment hasn't worked.
Janice Detore, the sister of the VH1 reality star, says in an online post that one tumor has grown while others have remained the same despite medical efforts to shrink them.
Big Ang's husband Neil Murphy has told SILive.com that his wife, who is due to begin immunotherapy this week, 'isn't doing well.'
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Stricken: Mob Wives star Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola is battling stage 4 brain and lung cancer and chemotherapy has failed to shrink the tumors leaving her in pain and with labored breathing. She's pictured last month
According to her sister, the 55-year-old is in a lot of pain and suffering from labored breathing that landed her in the emergency room.
The latest news about the health of Big Ang, real name Angela Raiola, was revealed as the family seeks to raise $25,000 to pay for the purchase of cannabis oil as an alternative treatment.
Detore established a GoFundMe page on Tuesday and in just seven hours, donations totaled more than $5,000 from 79 individuals.
Sisterly support: Big Ang's younger sister Janice Detore, pictured with her at a premiere party for season six of the VH1 reality show in January, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to buy cannabis oil for her
The family hopes the cannabis oil will alleviate Big Ang's pain and perhaps also cause the tumors to shrink, though that's not scientifically proven.
According to TMZ, cannabis oil is not cheap and goes for about $60 a gram.
The reality star was diagnosed with throat cancer last March and underwent surgery to remove a large tumor from her neck and her lymph nodes.
In December, she was told that the cancer had returned and spread and in preparation for starting chemo again, she cut her hair short.
Shorn: Big Ang debuted her newly cropped dyed blonde hair at the January 13 party for Mob Wives: Last Stand. She's pictured right in May 2015 after having a lemon-sized tumor removed from her neck last March
'How do you like my new look?' The 55-year-old shared this photo on her Instagram at New Year's after learning her cancer had returned and she would need to start chemotherapy
In a New Year's message she posted on Instagram, she unveiled her new look and vowed to keep going strong 'with as positive an outlook as I can have.'
She was last seen in public in mid-January at a party to celebrate the premiere of the sixth and final season of Mob Wives: The Last Stand.
The niece of mobster Salvatore Lombardi had been a smoker for 42 years but quit the habit following her cancer diagnosis.
She has been a fixture on the hit VH1 show since 2012 and has two children with her husband.
Living life on camera: Big Ang, the niece of mobster Salvatore Lombardi, is married to Neil Murphy with whom she has two children. Neil has said his wife 'isn't doing well.' They're pictured on the VH1 reality show
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