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"My brother in law is 52 and had stage 4 colon cancer. It is inoperable and they cannot do a "resection" or remove any of the cancer. They opened him up in Sept and again this week. They closed him right back up and said it spread and cannot be removed. He lives in Italy and we want to go see him. I'm wondering about the average prognosis for this. If we go to see him April 1st will he still ok? How much time might he have?"
Re Zrepm's answer.....Chances of survival for 2 yrs with Stage 4 Colon cancer are zero to none!!
Personally I think April 1 would be cutting it close if not too late. If they closed him up without trying to remove it, you can bet it's right through him. Often with cancers in that area, there can be a complication of ascites (fluid build up around the internal organs).
If you are able to get away, I would try to go as soon as possible.
In 1999, my wife, Marisha was diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer at a very young age. We were happily married with 2 kids. She passed away 2 ...
My father-in-law has been diagnosed with colon cancer and secondary liver cancer. He has just had surgery to remove the affected part of his colon, but the liver cancer is inoperable. He will undergo radiation and chemotherapy once he recovers from the surgery. The doctor has said, depending on how he responds to treatment, that he may have as little as 2 months or as long as 5 years to live.
My question is regarding my husband. He lost his mother to breast cancer 9 years ago and now he is going through it all over again with his father. I know he is hurting, but he's very unwilling to talk about it. He and his father are very close. On top of it all, he is now becoming pessimistic about his own health, knowing that both of his parents will have died young.
I am doing the best I can to imagine how he is feeling, but I know I can't really understand. Can anyone offer any advice on things I should say to him? I have tried optimism, but he doesn't want to hear it.
The best thing you can do for him right now, is just to be there when he wants to talk, if he needs a hug, or some encouragement. He probably already realizes he's going to lose his father and it's a bit much for him right now. Do what you can to help his father out in any way, ask him(or his Dad) what you can do, anything you can do, and it will go a long way with your husband. If he wants a little space right now, give him some, let him spend as much time with his father as he can...little things that will mean a lot once his father passes.
Xeloda tablets daily and Avastin 2xmonth intervenous. How effective is this as a primary treatment for colon cancer that has matastized to the liver. Cancer is inoperable and also harsher chem/radiation regimens are not possible due to poor health and severe renal problems. Cancer was operated on some time back so it is not present in the colon. Just the liver.
I don't really know, but for what it's worth, I've included you in prayers to Jehovah God that he portion out some Holy Spirit upon you to help you deal withwhat you're going through.
God Bless and thanks for reading.
Xeloda tablets are taken twice daily and Avastin 2xmonth intervenous. How effective is this as a primary treatment for colon cancer that has matastized to the liver. The cancer is inoperable and also harsher chem/radiation regimens are not possible due to poor health and severe renal problems. The cancer was operated on some time back so it is not present in the colon. Just the liver.
Thanks for helping
We don't know yet, hopefully it will be effective on my brother-in-law who just had the colon surgery when they found the lesions on his liver. I believe the combo is what his doctor recommended as well.
MY FATHER HAS BEEN TREATED W/ CHEMO FOR ALMOST A YEAR. SPREAD TO LIVER AND LYMPH NODE. IT IS INOPERABLE THEY ARE STILL DOING CHEMO. THERE ARE ALOT OF OPTIONS
I think you father has had a hard time with so much chemotherapy and I think that he should start looking elsewhere. There are cures for cancer but they are all actively suppressed. Go to my website and see how we cured my wife of stage 4 ovarian cancer. She is fine today and the cancer is long gone, 7 years after diagnoses.
From inoperable disease to potentially life saving surgery - new ...
Basel, Switzerland, 23 September 2009 - New data from several studies presented at ECCO 151 and ESMO 342 confirm unique benefits of Avastin (bevacizumab) and Xeloda (capecitabine) in treatment of colon cancer: • Combination of Avastin with standard chemotherapy resulted in shrinkage or disappearance of liver metastases in 78% of patients with advanced colon cancer. A third of patients with previously inoperable liver metastasis became eligible for a potentially life saving surgery (BOXER Study).
• Elderly patients derive similar benefits from Avastin based treatment as younger patients. Age should not preclude them from treatment (First BEAT study).
• Additional data show Xeloda combined with oxaliplatin offers superior three, four and five year diseasefree survival in early colon cancer (NO16968 XELOXA).
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