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TWO WEEKS AGO A FAMILY MEMBER HAD A TUMOR REMOVED FROM THE LARGE COLON,UPPER SECTION. SECTION REMOVE WAS APPROX.7" AND COLON WAS REJOINED
THE SURGEON HAS SAID LYMPH NODES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND 6 MONTHS OF CHEMO IS
TO BE SCHEDULED.APPOINTMENT WITH ONCOLOGIST IS THREE WEEKS AWAY AND WE ARE ANXIOUS FOR INFO.SURGEON HAS ALSO MENTIONED THIS IS STAGE THREE CANCER.CT HAS SHOWN NO LIVER INVOLMENT.
AT THIS TIME I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NODES ARE INVOLVED.
WHAT KIND OF SURVIVAL RATE IS THERE FOR STAGE THREE CANCER?
AND WHAT IS THE SUCCESS RATE OF THE "MILD CHEMOTHERAPY" THEY INTEND TO USE?THIS FAMILY MEMBER IS AN 42 YEAR OLD MALE.

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You can learn more about colon cancer by reading the section located in
Oncologychannel. In short, it sounds as if he has Stage 3 (Duke C) colon
cancer. Adjuvant therapy has been shown to improve the survival rate in this
stage of disese and is routinely offered to all stage 3 patients. In the
absence of chemotherapy the overall survival is approximately 50%, with
chemotherapy the surival rate is increased to over 65%. Thank you for using oncologychannel and good luck.


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