I recently found out through a family member that my dad is going to Phoenix to see some specialist for colonoscopies/colon cancer. He had his colonoscopy and polyps or cysts were found. Does anyone know if Phoenix has any unique cancer treatment centers/diagnostic centers? I'm very confused about everything, but I can't confront him about it because he's not supposed to know that I know.
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Where is he now? If he's in some small rural area, maybe Phx is the closest large city with with a NCIS cancer center? There are only a limited number, some states don't even have one.
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I'm sure it's alarming to find that out, but you don't need to worry, really you don't; cysts & polyps are often precursors to colon cancer, so the fact that they were found means your Dad is at "high risk" for cancer, not that he has it. Armed with that information, the doctors will give Dad all the information he needs to hopefully avoid actually developing colon cancer, or to know how & when to treat it at the earliest stages possible so that it will not become a life-threatening condition. Cancer always sucks, but colon cancer is one of the easiest to fix so long as it it found early, before it can spread anywhere else. Don't fret about it, and have a great holiday!
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