Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Does colon cancer effect any other body systems besides the digestive system


Does colon cancer effect any other body systems besides the digestive system?
Does colon cancer effect respiratory, muscular or any others? Why? Please help.
Cancer - 7 Answers
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1 :
Yes. especially if the cancer cells is and are already spreading.
2 :
Slow transit time can cause large intestine dysfunction. Ideally, food that enters your body should pass through within 16-36 hours. If not gas, putrefaction and fermentation can set in. Causes of slow transit time can be lack of roughage in the diet, not drinking enough water, eating in between meals, eating too many refined foods.
3 :
Only if the cancer spreads beyond the colon. That is why doctors tell people to get colonoscopys as a preventative measure.
4 :
Yes. Colon cancers often invade other tissues, firstly lymph-nodes then organs such as liver, brain, lungs. The primary colon tumor also invades the muscular wall of the colon. Where the cancer goes (meta-sizes) to depends on its cell surface proteins. Certain cancers have an affinity to growing only in certain organs.
5 :
There are 5 stages of colon cancer. Stage 0 is simply a noncancerous polyp that is removed with a colonoscopy. Stage 1 means the cancer has entered the colon lining, and it is removed through surgery. Stage 2 means it has invaded the muscle of the colon, and doctors debate whether chemo should also be used. Stage 3 means it has broken through the colon wall, and some lymph nodes are involved. Stage 4 is where the cancer has spread to other organs. It isn't until it reaches this stage that other organs would be involved, and since colon cancer is a slow growing cancer, regular colonoscopies usually prevent it from getting to this point.
6 :
In the advanced stage of cancer there are more chances of the disease to spread other organs of the body.Regularly using colon cleanse helps to avoid cancer http://www.coloncleanse.net
7 :
ask your doctor but i think it depends on whether it spreads or not







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