thomasdevos
10-05-2009, 12:30 AM
What are the treatment options and survival rates for metastatic colorectal cancer
Metastatic colon cancer is a leading cause of death from cancer and tumors in the United States, and unfortunately the survival rate of people with it is below 10%. If you have been diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, your life will change, but you must always remember that there are chances that you may be healed and try to fight against disease as much as you can.
Colon cancer occurs when a tumor grows in the colon or rectum. The colon and rectum form the large intestine. First, only seems to be a tumor in the colon or rectum, but if left untreated, then the tumor is spreading, and the time it will affect other organs such as liver and lungs , causing tumors to appear in too. This is the final stage of colon cancer when it has spread too much and too many cancer cells in the body. It is also called colon cancer or stage IV colon cancer metastatic.
When doctors discovered cancer of the colon, they recommend usually after surgery to remove part of the large intestine where the tumor developed. After surgery, more tests are performed to see if the cancer has spread. If the result is positive cancer cells are found in other remote areas of the body, then you will get colon cancer stage IV diagnosis.
You still have several treatment options after diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer. What the best treatment for you, it will be determined by several clinical trials. The treatment is very influenced by how far a cancer of the colon metastatic spread.
If it has only spread to a single organ different from the large intestine, then treatment is likely higher success because it can be directed to this single site. The most common place where the spread of colon cancer metastasis is the liver, and sometimes the lungs.
The problem is that most patients with colon cancer has spread to many other places, and treatment can be directed to a single site.<br />
The best treatment option in this situation is chemotherapy. The chemotherapy is injected directly into the blood, certain substances have the ability to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy has severe side effects as hair loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, fever, and many more. The survival rate of patients treated with chemotherapy is not too high, but it increases each year and new techniques are constantly being researched and developed.
We can only hope that the future will bring good news for people with metastatic colorectal cancer, and also remember that some manage to survive and you could be among them.
Reference Site:
colon cancer treatment (http://colon-cancer-treatment-cure.com)
www.nlm.nih.gov (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000262.htm)
en.wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer)
www.cancer.gov (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/colon-and-rectal)
medicinenet.com (http://www.medicinenet.com/colon_cancer/article.htm)
Metastatic colon cancer is a leading cause of death from cancer and tumors in the United States, and unfortunately the survival rate of people with it is below 10%. If you have been diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, your life will change, but you must always remember that there are chances that you may be healed and try to fight against disease as much as you can.
Colon cancer occurs when a tumor grows in the colon or rectum. The colon and rectum form the large intestine. First, only seems to be a tumor in the colon or rectum, but if left untreated, then the tumor is spreading, and the time it will affect other organs such as liver and lungs , causing tumors to appear in too. This is the final stage of colon cancer when it has spread too much and too many cancer cells in the body. It is also called colon cancer or stage IV colon cancer metastatic.
When doctors discovered cancer of the colon, they recommend usually after surgery to remove part of the large intestine where the tumor developed. After surgery, more tests are performed to see if the cancer has spread. If the result is positive cancer cells are found in other remote areas of the body, then you will get colon cancer stage IV diagnosis.
You still have several treatment options after diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer. What the best treatment for you, it will be determined by several clinical trials. The treatment is very influenced by how far a cancer of the colon metastatic spread.
If it has only spread to a single organ different from the large intestine, then treatment is likely higher success because it can be directed to this single site. The most common place where the spread of colon cancer metastasis is the liver, and sometimes the lungs.
The problem is that most patients with colon cancer has spread to many other places, and treatment can be directed to a single site.<br />
The best treatment option in this situation is chemotherapy. The chemotherapy is injected directly into the blood, certain substances have the ability to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy has severe side effects as hair loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, fever, and many more. The survival rate of patients treated with chemotherapy is not too high, but it increases each year and new techniques are constantly being researched and developed.
We can only hope that the future will bring good news for people with metastatic colorectal cancer, and also remember that some manage to survive and you could be among them.
Reference Site:
colon cancer treatment (http://colon-cancer-treatment-cure.com)
www.nlm.nih.gov (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000262.htm)
en.wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer)
www.cancer.gov (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/colon-and-rectal)
medicinenet.com (http://www.medicinenet.com/colon_cancer/article.htm)