Interesting article on Yahoo about colon cancer
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Unfortunatly a colonoscopy does not assure they will find the cancer. My husband had
a colonoscopy in 2004 and 2008 and still ended up in 2011 with a 3cm cancer tumor that caused a blockage. He is now stage 3 with 7 lymph nodes positive. We have been informed by several doctors that it should have been detected.0 -
Put me intoyfox said:article
Unfortunatly a colonoscopy does not assure they will find the cancer. My husband had
a colonoscopy in 2004 and 2008 and still ended up in 2011 with a 3cm cancer tumor that caused a blockage. He is now stage 3 with 7 lymph nodes positive. We have been informed by several doctors that it should have been detected.
that club as well, though I am stage IV.
Still, even though it is less than perfect, I recommend everyone get their scheduled colonoscopy, they do save lives.0 -
Thank you for posting it Marie!toyfox said:article
Unfortunatly a colonoscopy does not assure they will find the cancer. My husband had
a colonoscopy in 2004 and 2008 and still ended up in 2011 with a 3cm cancer tumor that caused a blockage. He is now stage 3 with 7 lymph nodes positive. We have been informed by several doctors that it should have been detected.
Hugs!0 -
More like the cancer you can avoid ...
the article does not present any information on beating the cancer ... just that prevention and early detection can save lives. A no-brainer, really. I would like to see more published articles about investigational research that's going to CURE this disease once it has advanced.0 -
Colon Cancer and Colonoscopytoyfox said:article
Unfortunatly a colonoscopy does not assure they will find the cancer. My husband had
a colonoscopy in 2004 and 2008 and still ended up in 2011 with a 3cm cancer tumor that caused a blockage. He is now stage 3 with 7 lymph nodes positive. We have been informed by several doctors that it should have been detected.
I can relate to your husbands misfortune. I had a colonoscopy in August of 2009 and was told I only had two polyps, internal hemmorhoids and no cancer. I was told to have another colonoscopy in 3 years. I started having bowel movement changes about mid 2010 but when I discussed it with my primary care physician he passed it off as gastroenteritis. Finally after three visits to my primary care doctor I changed physicians. The new physician is an internal medicine specialist as well as a primary care physician. He immediately had blood tests and a CT scan performed which came back positive for cancer. A second colonoscopy done by a colorectal surgeon confirmed stage 4 colon cancer. Needless to say I am totally disillusioned by the two doctors originally involved. From this I've come to two major conclusions.
1) Be sure you have an outstanding Primary Care physician and not just a prescription writer.
2) Have your colonoscopy done by a colorectal surgeon and not a gastroenterologists whose primary practice is giving colonoscopies.0
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