Anal Cancer

Julie 44
Julie 44 Member Posts: 476 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hey can someone give me some symptoms of anal cancer??? Is it the same as colon??? I am having some discharge and itching and soreness...I don't want to look it up because you know how crazy you can get when you look all this info up....Thanks Julie

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  • kmygil
    kmygil Member Posts: 876 Member
    #2
    Sorry Julie
    I'm sorry, Julie. I don't know the symptoms, but you should have anything unusual checked out. Could be hemorrhoids, though. But let a professional make that determination.

    Hugs,
    Kirsten
  • kimby
    kimby Member Posts: 797
    #3
    Anal canzer
    Julie,

    Anal canzer is what Farrah Fawcett had and it's very rare. It isn't really related to colorectal canzer at all and the treatment is very different. That being said, all of the current colon canzer treatments have failed for me and the best results I've had is with Mitomycin C which is for anal canzer. Go figure. The following was found on the ACS website. www.cancer.org.

    "People who have symptoms of anal cancer may notice one or more of the following:

    Bleeding or itching around the anus
    Pain in the anal area
    Change in the width of the stool, stool may be narrower than usual
    Swollen lymph nodes in the anal or groin area
    Abnormal discharge from the anus

    These symptoms can also be caused by something other than cancer, but only your doctor can tell for sure. Talk to your doctor right away if you notice any of these problems."


    Kimby
  • Julie 44
    Julie 44 Member Posts: 476 Member
    #4
    kimby said:

    Anal canzer
    Julie,

    Anal canzer is what Farrah Fawcett had and it's very rare. It isn't really related to colorectal canzer at all and the treatment is very different. That being said, all of the current colon canzer treatments have failed for me and the best results I've had is with Mitomycin C which is for anal canzer. Go figure. The following was found on the ACS website. www.cancer.org.

    "People who have symptoms of anal cancer may notice one or more of the following:

    Bleeding or itching around the anus
    Pain in the anal area
    Change in the width of the stool, stool may be narrower than usual
    Swollen lymph nodes in the anal or groin area
    Abnormal discharge from the anus

    These symptoms can also be caused by something other than cancer, but only your doctor can tell for sure. Talk to your doctor right away if you notice any of these problems."


    Kimby

    Thanks
    Thanks for your help I have an Drs.appointment on 7/7 so we shall see..In the mean time I will try to keep myself from going crazy about my symptoms...Julie
  • grandma2selena
    grandma2selena Member Posts: 199
    #5
    Julie 44 said:

    Thanks
    Thanks for your help I have an Drs.appointment on 7/7 so we shall see..In the mean time I will try to keep myself from going crazy about my symptoms...Julie

    Symptoms
    Mine came on so fast, but the symptoms were... Pressure like I needed to have a bowel movement, bleeding, felt almost like a hemroid, pain, I don't remember any discharge other then the bleeding. I basically just didn't feel like something was right.

    Hang in there and let us know what you find out.

    Debbie

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