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Anyone know survival rates for colon cancer that's spread?

scyriac
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Hi all,

My mom 59 years old.Diagonised colon cancer last november.Done the surgery removed the affected part, and chemothraphy 8 times done.She is fully recovered, But two months ago done a pet scan it shows it has been spreding to her liver,lungs.Oncologist says she is on stage-4 now, used to stage-3 before.Their treatment plan is doing 6 chemo and a pet scan after these.My mum is quite healthy person.Any idea about the surviving chace,treatment etc.She is in India.

Many Thanks.

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    Hi Scyriac,

    I am so sorry to hear that your mum's cancer has now moved on to stage 4. Unfortunately, I have no medical qualifications and am a breast cancer lady myself, so cannot answer your question with any accuracy.

    We all react differently to cancer and, it is never easy to tell how long any of us are going to survive with it. The best person to ask is your mum's consultant, who knows her medical history as well as all the details of her cancer. Stage 4 is considered to be the most serious grade of any cancer. I would imagine that that the 6 chemo will not cure her, but may help to stem things for a while and, I am sure that her oncologist will have already explained that.

    Doctors can really only make a 'guesstimate' as to how long she has and, many have been way out in the past. There are a number of people on this site who are still surviving many years after their predicted time of death. Sadly, there are also a lot of others who are no longer with us, despite having had longer estimates for their life-span, but never having realized them.

    I do hope that your mum continues to do well.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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    Hi Jolamine,

    Thanks very much for u r reply. It's really helpfull.Wishing u a speedy recovery, never gave up.

    Regards,

    Sonu.

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    Sonu,

    So sorry to read about your Mum's situation.

    I'm afraid the survival rates for cancer vary considerably between countries and within many countries between dfferent cities and between the cities and the countryside. 

    This website might be of interest www.cancerclinics.in/Cancer-Facts-And-Statistics-in-India-Cancer-in-India

     

    Good luck

    Dave

     

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    My Dad had colon cancer that was very advanced by the time it was discovered. He had chemo to shrink it before surgery and more chemo and radiotherapy afterwards. He did have the cancer return as liver cancer and lung cancer, one of them twice but I don’t remember which . He lived 10 years after the first diagnosis and died of a heart attack and not cancer.

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    My son in law was diagnosed at 37 with stage 4 that spread to liver and peritaneum. He survived 8 years.  It wasn’t an easy 8 years but he kept a really positive attitude and I believed it really helped.  Good luck. 

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