Saturday, June 4, 2011

When one has cancer (specifically colon cancer) is there also always weight loss

When one has cancer (specifically colon cancer) is there also always weight loss?

Cancer - 4 Answers
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1 :
Tumors release chemicals in the body that increase metabolism, causes it to burn calories faster. Two of my sisters had colon cancer. I also noticed that they became very pale.
2 :
The only time my weight changed was during the chemo for colon cancer and whilst I was in hospital. My weight has been going up and down constantly for the past 7 months, whilst receiving treatment.
3 :
Unfortunately I don't know in regards to colon cancer specifically; however, I have read numerous accounts of people who have had lung cancer with no symptoms at all. In fact there are several cancers that I know of (pancreatic, lung, and kidney) where symptoms may not occur at all until the cancer is already quite advanced....
4 :
It depends on the type of cancer and how advanced it is. Blood cancers tend to cause quick weight loss - other cancers, such as prostate and ovarian, don't impact major organs until they've spread beyond the site of the primary tumor, so with these there'd be less weight loss.

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