My father has colon cancer what are his chances?
it has also metastisized to his liver.does he have a good chance for living a good life he is 64 years old.
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I'm so sorry. I watched a cancer movie today. Hopefully he'll be good. Good luck. :(
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Going on the best statistics available, his chances are either 68.4% or 10.8%, which one it is depends on whether the Liver is local to the colon. If it is, it's 68.4%, if not it's 10.8%. These percentages are his chances of living for the next 5 years.
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AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE > IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . > Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: > > 1.. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few > billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are > unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size. > 2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime. > 3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours. > 4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, > food and lifestyle factors. > 5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system. > 6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, > gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc. > 7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs. > 8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not > result in more tumor destruction. > 9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence > the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications. > 10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer > cells to spread to other sites. > 11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply. > > WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON: > a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like > NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses > but only in very sma ll amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt. > b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and > substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved. > c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than > beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer. > d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline > environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach > down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to no urish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try > and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at > temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). > e.. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. > Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it. > > 12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup. > 13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells. > 14.. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc..) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.. > 15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. L
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If able to you need to talk to your father's doctors and ask them about his prognosis. Does you father know what is prognosis is? I would ignore the three previous answer as the first two did not really answer anything and the "Cancer Update from John Hopkins" is a hoax. Hope all goes well.
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This does not sound good - early detection is the key here . But you better talk to his oncologist .
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Whatever the chances are you can still get lucky. Just live your live and ignore statistics.
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Robb, my colleague, is so right. Tim has to stop posting those statistics about John Hopkins. Tim THEY ARE A HOAX, People think because the name John Hopkins is attached to an article then it's got to be true, but it's not. Listen, just because the liver is involved doesn't mean he can't live longer. If they can do surgery and remove the diseased part successfully, then that's good because the liver is the only organ in the body that can reproduce itself. I'm really sorry to hear about his cancer but I'm one who never gives up ever. I believe and have a lot of faith. First, you have to find out if his Dr have any intentions of doing surgery. I hope they can, if they can't, I'm sure they will tell you why. All the best for your dad. God bless you too.
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