Is Colon Cancer Curable

no , there is still little bit cancer cells in your body.

2007-08-21 03:19:19 by sriram g

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I just found out my dad has it today, the doctors just found out recently. Apparently it's not early it started developing 5 years ago. It's spreading and it's on 2/3rds of his liver. Anyone know an estimate how long he has left to live? Or the survival rates?
I'm not a troll. O_O and he avoids going to the doctors which is why we just found out. he just started getting pain recently (the last couple weeks) he just got a colonoscopy last week which was when we found out.

my poppa is recovering from bowel (colon) cancer. we found out probably 8 months ago now because he was urinating blood. at first they couldn't figure out why but with several tests they soon found the problem. before the doctors found the cancer, one morning when he came back from his run he had pain in his appendix, my nanna called the ambulance and we found out he had an appendices, the next day they removed it because it was on the verge of busting and it was so big he could have died. with doing tests on the appendix this is when they found the cancer and that it had spread to the bowel. he was extremely lucky that they caught it early and when he had his operation they removed all the lymph nodes. the surgery was very successful and he had 3 months of chemo to be on the safe side. throughout the whole time my poppa was extremely lucky, he did not lose any hair from the chemo but he did get some nasty rashes and red blotches on his arms which are now healing. yesterday he had his final test to see if he had the all clear and we are just waiting on the results.

since your fathers cancer started developing 5 years ago in that time it could have spreaded throughout the lymph nodes. if so im not sure if there is a certain amount of time he has left. but if its spreaded 2/3 of his liver that cant be good. the sooner you find it the better chances of survival. colon cancer is the most curable IF it hasn't spreaded to the lymph nodes, if it has then it can go anywhere in the body.

i wish you the very best, i sincerely mean that. i know what a tough time you are going through and i hope they can help your father.
goodluck xx

2009-07-28 22:04:09 by oηε soηg glory

I'm 18 and in college which is stressful on it's own. Now, we just discovered my mom has stage IV colon cancer & it's terminal. She just had surgery to remove bits of her colon, but the cancer in her liver isn't curable. She's really depressed and has high anxiety. She's only 49 too. I'm so stressed and it's affecting my health and schoolwork and everything. Any advice? I feel like my world is falling apart.

I'd get a leave of absence from classes, or withdraw if you can still do it without severe financial penalty. Talk to a college administrator. They may have a mercy provision for these things.

Spend as much time with her as you can. Don't argue. Just make her feel like the most special person in the world for her time left. You will not regret that investment of time in her happiness. And she will leave this earth feeling like she made a difference.

2008-10-25 12:35:28 by Dev

She's in a hospice program for the terminally ill because they say there is no cure for colon cancer. If there was no cure, what is the chemotherapy for?

How much time does she have left?
http://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/g uide/treatment-stage?page=2

This site says the 5-year survival rate for Dukes D Colon Cancer is about 8%.

Does that mean only 8% of the people live past five years?

Unfortunately, if you're aunt has lesions in her liver, then her cancer is most likely incurable. It means that it has metastasized (spread from her bowel to liver). The reason they are offering chemotherapy is that chemo can be used even in palliative patients to slow progression, but primarily to reduce symptoms. i.e. If someone has a cancer in their throat that has spread to their liver, chemo may be offered to slow the growth of the cancer in their throat so they can continue to eat alone without the aid of medical devices.

Your interpretation of the 5 year survival rate is correct.

2008-12-04 17:23:32 by whosit?

Lately there has been a lot in the news about colon cancer. A prominent news journalist, Mr. Snow, just died from it. Why is this form of cancer so deadly. It appears that there is a high mortality rate associated with this cancer? Does this form of cancer just spread faster and what can be done to stop it? Do people get this cancer from not consuming enough fiber? I am just wondering since it seems to be very aggressive and not easily curable?

Mainly because there are so few early symptoms, and no for sure quick and easy way to find it early.

So, cervical cancer is found on PAP smears before its even really a cancer - before it gets a chance to invade. So we cut off a few cells, and - no cancer! Same for some skin cancers, we take them off early, and they don't get a chance to go anywhere.

Colon cancer sits inside, covered up by poop, and eats away at you internally. By the time its huge enough to cause skinny poop, or blood shows up in your poop, or even worse - you're blocked off, its way large enough to have been talking to the blood stream and lymph system, so its had a long time to flow any(every)where.

Get a colonoscopy every 10 years starting age 40. Earlier if you have a family history. AND EAT YOUR OATMEAL, everymorning. Mine with maple syrup please

2008-07-17 14:49:35 by honeykissed246