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What is the life expectancy for a person who has had strokes and has colon cancer which has spread to the liver?
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How is liver cancer developed?
Cancer cells travel by way of what is called the 'cancer highway', the lymphatic system.
What does colon cancer target in the body?
Colon cancer targets larger intestine and last part of the colon known as rectum, If metastasized colon cancer can also affect liver and lungs.
What did Juliette Gordon Low die from?
Juliette Gordon Lowe died of metastasized breast cancer which spread to her liver. The official death certificate lists the cause of death as liver cancer with breast cancer as the secondary cause.
What are the four types of stomach cancer?
Colon prostate liver
Is stage 4 colon cancer deadly?
Colon cancer has reached stage 4 after metastasizing to distant organs. The liver is often an area where the cancer tends to migrate per a National Cancer Institute's article noting 50% of cases.
What did Juliette Gordon Low the Girl Scout founder die from?
Juliette Gordon Lowe died of metastasized breast cancer which spread to her liver. The official death certificate lists the cause of death as liver cancer with breast cancer as the secondary cause.
What was the cause of death of Erich Kunzel?
pancreatic, liver and colon cancer
Where does colon cancer first metastasize?
The liver. Sometimes the lungs or bones.
Which organs in the body are affected by colon cancer?
Colon cancer starts from polyps attached to the lining of the colon wall. If left alone, these polyps can turn cancerous. Colon cancer has capability to spread throughout the body. The highway systems they use to spread their destructive cells is the bloodstream and lymphatic system. Provided that this disease spreads to different parts of the form, its belongings could be destroying
When Jay Monahan was diagnosed with colon cancer what stage was it?
Stage 4: it was in his liver.
Difference between right sided and left sided colon cancer?
Right sided colon cancer takes place in the ascending and transverse colon, as left sided colon cancer is found in the descending and sigmoid colon. Right sided colon cancer is associated with more advanced disease when found and can spread more readily to LNs or peritoneal carcinomatosis. These tumors show more K-RAS mutations and microsatellite instability. Overall survival is lower in right sided colon cancer. Left sided colon cancer tend to cause more obstructive problems, often develop from polyps in early stages and tend to become metastatic to lung and liver sites. More information on the differences of right and left colon cancer can be found at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20010352
