my dad was diagnosed with colon cancer. they had it cut out and said it was in his early stages. he is now taking 6 months treatment to make sure it doesn't come back. the other day i was discussing this with my friend and she said her grandma also caught cancer in it's early stages but still died. can the same thing happen to my dad?
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It all depends on the individual person; every single case is different. It depends on many things such as how early it was detected, did they get it all out with surgery, has it spread to any other organs, how does patient react to treatment, etc. There are too many variables and cancer is a sneaky drug. Tell your dad to do everything the doctor says.
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If your Dad does some "soul searching" to discover what may have led to his cancer and makes changes, he'll be fine. He could look at his diet, exercise, sleep patterns, stress levels, water intake, you get the picture. He's lucky to have someone caring like you. Keep him focused on health, not doctors and cancer and that scene, and he'll bounce back. All the best, Nvrgvup. PS. Don't fall for the "in remission" phrase, that's negative mumbo jumbo.
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In every stage there are some who do well and some who do not. All we can do is quote statistics - which are not always reliable. No doctor can ever predict the future for an individual. - - - - Info re: staging http://ibdcrohns.about.com/cs/colorecalcancer/a/crcancerstages.htm More detailed TNM staging http://www.cancer.org/cancer/colonandrectumcancer/detailedguide/colorectal-cancer-staged Note that the grade of the malignancy matters too - well differentiated to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma cells as described by the pathologist who views the biopsy slides microscopically and includes this information in the surgical pathology report. - - - - Survival rates for colon cancer by stage From http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/ColonandRectumCancer/DetailedGuide/colorectal-cancer-survival-rates "The numbers below come from a study of the National Cancer Institute's SEER database, looking at more than 28,000 people diagnosed with colon cancer between 1998 and 2000. These are observed survival rates. They include people diagnosed with colon cancer who may have later died from other causes, such as heart disease. People with colon cancer tend to be older and may have other serious health conditions. Therefore, the percentage of people surviving the colon cancer itself is likely to be higher. Stage I 74% 5-year Survival Rate - though some studies report over 90% with other favorable parameters Stage IIA 67% Stage IIB 59% Stage IIC 37% Stage IIIA 73%* Stage IIIB 46%* Stage IIIC 28% Stage IV 6% *In this study, survival was better for some stage III cancers than for some stage II cancers. The reasons for this are not clear." Note that survival statistics for colon carcinoma vary from study to study, so these can only give us a rough idea what to expect. Also, the 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy your dad is receiving is given with the hope that it might improve his survival chances of few percentage points. It can never "make sure" that the malignancy will not progress if there are residual microscopic cancer cells left after surgery. People rarely understand that one billion cancer cells is only the size of a marble - about 1 cm in diameter. A surgeon could not see millions of remaining cancer cells, and residual groups of tumor cells numbering in the millions would be too small to see on any scan. When a surgeon says "I got it all," he or she means he got all that could be seen with the naked eye.
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The best way to prevent a recurrence is by correcting the diet that caused the cancer in the first place. Get the DVD called healing Cancer and watch it over and over again and again. Then read the book called The China Study and after that read the books, Eat To Live and The RAVE Diet and Life Style for starters. Also the book: Cancer, Step Outside the Box. The number one cause of cancer is diet. Guess what the best cue is... Do a google search for any 5 vegetables with the word cancer and see what the results are. Then do a search for any 5 animal protein type foods with the word cancer and see what the results are. Then tell me which foods prevent cancer and which ones don't.
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