IF SOMEONE HAS COLON CANCER AND IT IS IN THE BONES OR HAS SPREAD TO THE BONES AND IS GOING THROUGH TREATMENT IS THERE A GOOD CHANCE OF IT BEING CURED?
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Once any kind of cancer has reached the bones, that really complicates things. Each case is really individual - please talk to the doctors who are treating the person to get a better idea. Some people live years after cancer gets into their bones.
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Stage four colon cancer - metastatic disease - is not considered a curable disease in current medicine. The therapeutic goal is to buy time as much as possible. Of course, all doctors caring for people are trying to buy time since everyone is mortal, but with colon cancer spread to distant sites it is a matter of buying some additional months - usually not years. It is very unusual for colon adenocarcinomas to spread to the bones. Are you certain that the bone lesions are metastatic colon adenocarcinoma? Prostate cancer, lung cancer or breast adenocarcinomas are far more likely to spread to the bones than a colon carcinoma. If this is breast cancer or prostate cancer (you don't say if the person is male or female) there may be responses with hormonal therapy approaches. The oncologist caring for this person should be explaining the situation honestly with the patient and family members entrusted by the patient. The medical oncologist who knows all the details of the case can best make these predictions. We cannot be specific - over the internet - with sketchy information.
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