Colorectal Cancer
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rectal, chemo,radiation need help
I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in august of 2002, I underwent surgery on sept 4, 2002 and was lucky that i had enough colon to resection the colon. I had a very low resection, about 2 inches from the anus. My surgey was successful in that the small tumor plus surrounding good tissue was removed. My cancer did not…
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What is the outlook?
I have a friend who is 26 yrs old and just completed 6 months of chemo (3 drug regimen) for stage III colon cancer (5/8 lymph nodes positive). What is his expected outlook? Can someone at this stage live a healthy, long life or is this stage pretty advanced? Please advise. Any comments would be helpful. Shane
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one year after surgery/chemo/radiation
Hello all, so glad to find you! June 2001 I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. The treatments were rough, but made it one step (sometimes wheelchaired) at a time. My fatigue is finally getting better, but I still find days I can't get off the couch. I've finally got the diarrhea under control a little, which…
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COLON CANCER W/LIVER MESTATIS
My mother who is 77 was recently diagnosed with colon cancer and it has spread to her liver.They are not going to do surgery at this time(she also has cardiovascular disease).She had her first session of chemo yesterday- CAMPTOSAR, LEUCOVORIN AND 5FU.They will consider surgery if the tumor begins to bleed. I would…