Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Anyone with knowledge about colon or liver cancer, please help me with this question


Anyone with knowledge about colon or liver cancer, please help me with this question?
My father is 56 yrs old, and he has just been diagnosed with colon cancer. The size of the tumor is the size of a golf ball. It was caught early, i was told anyways. He went in to see if the cancer had spread and had a full body ct scan done and they found a cyst that is the size of the top part of your thumb. The dr.s believe it is cancer. My father did have hepatitus b once before because of the vietnam war. Also has high blood pressure, and thats his only health issues. He is 5-10, 170wt. My dad tells me little, i looked on internet and it sounds like Metastatic liver disease except that he has not had any of the symptoms yet. My ? is what is fixen to happen, what is his chances of surviving all of this, and how long. Please no b.s. I would really like to know from some doctors on here or someone with experience.They did a biopsy on the colon tumor and it came back inconclusive, but the doctors said that they believe it may be cancer. What do u think?
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Hi ,I am also a viet-nam vet,was your dad in the nam?Find a lawyer that deals with agent orange cases,or have your dad contact me.I'd be interested in where,when he was in viet-nam.Agent Orange causes these types of cancer,along with other chemical agents used over there.I have a sister who just went through a liver,kindey transplant.The best place to go for these transplants is indianappolis ,Indiana.write me bjec22@yahoo.com for more info.
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He needs to go to an oncologist and get his opinion. People sometimes have surgery to have parts of their colon or intestine cut out and have colostomy bag or ileostomy bag (if small intestine). If cancer , they might suggest chemo. It is hard to say, since even the doctors don't seem to be sure. Not sure how you jumped to the conclusion of metastatic liver disease unless the growth was on his liver and even then, it could be a benign growth of some sort. But go to an oncologist if the general practitioner is not sure.Sometimes they even have blood tests that indicate (to a certain degree of accuracy, but not certain) cancer of this type or that type (ie pancreas cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, etc). An oncologist would know about these tests...so would a GP, but they wouldn't use them as often..It is not a sure sign, but something to use as an indicator to do further testing. I see the posting above on agent orange...here is a link to that on the VA website.. http://www1.va.gov/agentorange/ (VA agent orange info)
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Hello! It is difficult when our parents have cancer. My dad has prostate cancer, asthma and bronchitis and is 73 years old. Chances of surviving as with your dad depends on a lot of things. So many things that doctors, even in the best or worst of circumstances can not tell you for sure what the outcome will be. One of the things Doctors and scientist are finding out is that if your Glutathione is high you live long and healthy; if it is low you’re susceptible to everything and anything. Information that might help is investigating Glutathione and a product called Immunocal. Immunocal is patented and clinically proven to raise Glutathione in the body. Glutathione is a molecule found and produced in every cell of the body. It is responsible for the proper functioning of the immune system, detoxification, recycling of antioxidants and several other things. In a nutshell, Glutathione is the first line defense against diseases. Best resource of information is in the book "Glutathione. Your body's most powerful protector" by Jimmy Gutman, MD, researcher and emergency physician. Chapter 5 of this book addresses Cancer and the role of Glutathione and cancer. This is not just a bunch of hype, you can find over 80,000 medical articles on www.pubmed.gov concerning glutathione and 10,079 for the combination “Glutathione cancer “. I have not read them all but every single one I have read says elevated levels of Glutathione help and low levels are detrimental. As for Immunocal, it has 7 method of use patens and is listed the U.S. Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR) and the Pharmacist’s Red Book. If you'd like more information, please contact me at orklein@optonline.net
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I am not a doctor, but I am a nurse. Keep in mind that this is only my opinion. For colon cancer (which usually stays encapsulated in the colon itself) it may be possible to remove the cancerous section of the colon and create a colostomy (where part of the colon is placed through the skin onto the outside of the body and bowel movements would be caught in a bag). This is, of course, dependent upon how far his cancer has progressed and what type it is. If his cancer is a fast growing, progressive type, the doctors are also most likely going to do chemotherapy. If the spot on his liver is cancer, it is possible to do a liver resection (where they remove a wedge of the liver). You cannot live without your liver, so they couldn't remove it all. Hepatitis B can cause cirrhosis of the liver and if you have Hep B you have an increased chance of developing liver cancer. So, in answer to your question, it depends on what type of cancer your father has and how the doctors treat it. I cannot tell you how long he has to live, but I would suggest you love him each and every day.






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