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Cancer - 4 Answers
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The colon could perforate, and the patient would get septacemia, blood poisoning and eventually die from that in a matter of hours. Or the colon could hemorrhage and they might bleed to death in a matter of hours. Or they might devlop seondaries in the liver and die from that in six months to two years usually.
2 :
You didn't mention treated or untreated, which usually makes a difference. In any case, doctors can only guess, and patients have been known to die or survive when their doctors say otherwise. There's a woman minister/missionary in our church who should have been dead 20 years ago. Half the time when the doctors open her up they say "inoperable," sew her up and tell her she's got 2 weeks. A year later, they open her up and can't find any cancer. Of course, meanwhile we've got a lot of people praying for her. Left untreated, colon cancer is supposed to be one of the faster killers. However, in the last 30 years, this may be one of the cancers where the most new technology and new techniques have been applied, improving the survival rate tremendously. Sorry I can't nail this down for you.
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It would depend a lot of personal factors. Colon cancer, or any cancer these days is not necessary a death sentence. My grandmother had colon cancer and had an op, resulting in having to get a colostomy bag. At that time, the docs gave her 10 years more to live. She also had secondary cancer after the colon cancer too, but many years later, resulting with the removal of a breast and survived all that successfully as well. She has overstepped all medical "expectancy" opinions so far, and still here 25 years later since the orginial dx of the colon cancer. She is only 73 years young, fully independent and no signs of any other problems with her health. She takes care of herself, follows the set medical advice, eats sensibly and just lives a simple life. It is a completely subjective thing based on what the specific situation entails for every person who is dx with colon cancer, but it definately does not always mean the end of hope.
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It is dependent on many factors. First of all, colon cancer can be easily "cured" if caught early enough. As for survival times, the stage or the disease, responsiveness to treatment, the aggressiveness of the tumor and, the patient's age and overall health all play in the prognosis in any cancer not just colon cancer.
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