Metastatic colon cancer is a leading cause of death from cancer and tumors in the United States and, unfortunately, the survival rate for people diagnosed with it are under 10%.
If you have been diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, your life will change, but you should always remember that there is no chance that you will be healed and try to fight the disease as much as possible.
Colon cancer occurs when a tumor in the colon or rectum appears. The colon and rectum together form the large intestine. First, only one tumor, either in the colon or rectum happen, but if it is not processed, then the tumor spreads, and in time, it will affect other organs such as the liver and lungs , causing tumors to appear in too. This is the final stage of colon cancer when it has spread too far and too many cancer cells in the body. Also known as Stage IV colon cancer or metastatic colon.
When doctors discovered colon cancer generally recommend immediate surgery to remove part of the large intestine, where the tumor has grown. After surgery, several tests are performed to see if the cancer has spread. If the result is positive and the cancer cells are found in other remote areas of the body, which will receives a diagnosis of colon cancer stage IV.
You still have several options for treatment after diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer. What is the best treatment for you should be determined by several clinical trials. The treatment is strongly influenced by the distance has metastatic colon cancer has spread.
If it has spread to only one organ different from the large intestine and then is more likely to be successful treatment, because it can be directed to this unique site. The most frequent where diffuse metastatic colon is the liver, lungs and sometimes the place.
The problem is that most patients with colon cancer has spread too many other places, and the treatment cannot be directed at a single Metastatic lung cancer.
The best treatment option in this situation is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is performed by direct injection into the bloodstream, certain substances can kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy has severe side effects like hair loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, fever, and more. The survival rate for patients treated with chemotherapy is not too high, but increases each year and new techniques are constantly being researched and developed.
We can only hope that the future will brings good news for those with metastatic colon cancer, and also remember that some manage to survive and could be among them.
If you have been diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, your life will change, but you should always remember that there is no chance that you will be healed and try to fight the disease as much as possible.
Colon cancer occurs when a tumor in the colon or rectum appears. The colon and rectum together form the large intestine. First, only one tumor, either in the colon or rectum happen, but if it is not processed, then the tumor spreads, and in time, it will affect other organs such as the liver and lungs , causing tumors to appear in too. This is the final stage of colon cancer when it has spread too far and too many cancer cells in the body. Also known as Stage IV colon cancer or metastatic colon.
When doctors discovered colon cancer generally recommend immediate surgery to remove part of the large intestine, where the tumor has grown. After surgery, several tests are performed to see if the cancer has spread. If the result is positive and the cancer cells are found in other remote areas of the body, which will receives a diagnosis of colon cancer stage IV.
You still have several options for treatment after diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer. What is the best treatment for you should be determined by several clinical trials. The treatment is strongly influenced by the distance has metastatic colon cancer has spread.
If it has spread to only one organ different from the large intestine and then is more likely to be successful treatment, because it can be directed to this unique site. The most frequent where diffuse metastatic colon is the liver, lungs and sometimes the place.
The problem is that most patients with colon cancer has spread too many other places, and the treatment cannot be directed at a single Metastatic lung cancer.
The best treatment option in this situation is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is performed by direct injection into the bloodstream, certain substances can kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy has severe side effects like hair loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, fever, and more. The survival rate for patients treated with chemotherapy is not too high, but increases each year and new techniques are constantly being researched and developed.
We can only hope that the future will brings good news for those with metastatic colon cancer, and also remember that some manage to survive and could be among them.
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