Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Does any one know the survival rate of stage 3 colon cancer,My aunt had 6 cancerous polyp removed and she has

Does any one know the survival rate of stage 3 colon cancer,My aunt had 6 cancerous polyp removed and she has
8 more polyps non cancerous polyps,she with be doing chemo.
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I'm sorry to hear about your aunt! Colon and stomach cancer are almost always fatal. There are exceptions though! Hang in there! Good luck to you !
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A lot of things can influence colon cancer survival rates. Stage is a major factor, but tumor location and country of residence have also been shown to impact survival. For example, tumors in the right side of the colon are often caught later because symptoms take longer to emerge, and in countries where early screening is relatively uncommon, tumors are caught later. Studies have also found that exercise may increase colon cancer survival rates. According to the American Cancer Society, 83 percent of people with stage 3A colon cancer are still alive five years after their diagnosis. The survival rates for stage 3B (64 percent) and stage 3C (44 percent) are less encouraging. However, it's important to remember that survival rates are generalizations and your individual chances of survival may be quite different. Also, survival data reflects what has happened in the past. With all the new chemotherapy drugs available, it's possible that today's survival rate for stage 3 colon cancer is significantly higher.
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WELL MY GRANDMA HAD IT SHE HAD ALL THE CANCER REMOVED AND A COLOSTIMY BAG FOR THREE YEARS AND ON HER THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEING CANCER FREE WHICH WAS IN AUGUST IT WAS BACK IT WAS SO AGRESSIVE MY GRANDMA DIED THAT OCTOBER I HATE CANCER I THINK EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT JUST PRAY FOR HER AND TELL YOUR AUNT TO EAT HEALTHY EXERCISE AND TO HAVE POSITIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING
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all i can say is i survived end stage liver cancer, i was past the transplant limit because the tumors were to big , but i guess it wasnt time to go yet!!!1 but ya, ya got to have faith, and hope, thats what my doctors and nurses kept telling me!!! so hey it works!!! good luck to her!!!!
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There are only statistics and that's what they are, just statistics. Nobody has an answer for this, but your aunts outlook on this makes a big difference, if she is a true fighter. I have a friend who was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer 15 years ago and her prognosis didn't look good at all. Well she beat the cancer and is healthy and alive, but most of the other patients who had chemo treatment with her passed away. Mind over body.
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Hey Federal sorry to hear that. Run a google search on resveratrol. Then try "resveratrol role in prevention and therapy of cancer", this will pullup a 58 page report from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. It is also sutdied in Japan and China. Tons of recent research. this report is a couple of years old. They also use it for helping with chemo. It has other uses, but this will explain what pathways and mutations it deals with and then you can google some more. If you had a problem e-mail. take care.

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