Well, my mom went for a colonoscopy today and found out she had pre colon cancer. In a week or so they have to remove half of her colon. I'm not very educated on colon cancer or any cancer period. Can someone tell me will she be just fine?
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Colorectal cancer is cancer of the large intestine (colon), the lower part of your digestive system. Rectal cancer is cancer of the last part of your colon. Together, colorectal cancer is the #2 cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States (second to lung cancer.) In most cases of colon cancer, the process begins in the form of a polyp. These are benign (non-cancerous) clumps of cells that are often small, and produce few symptoms other than silent and slow bleeding (which may manifest as dark stool.) Hyperplastic polyps are benign and have no potential to develop into cancer. Adenomatous polyps come in different varieties all of which have the potential to develop into cancer. It is not possible to distinguish adenomatous from hyperplastic polyps in the body so the current standard of care is to completely remove any colon polyps to permit complete analysis. On occasion, it may be found that colon cancer has already developed in a removed polyp. In such cases, if the cancer has been completely removed, no further tissue removal is necessary. In cases where residual cancer is left, or if there is uncertainty if cancer cells remain, removal of the affected portion of the colon is indicated (see below.) Screening tests, as well as simply lifestyle and diet changes, can greatly reduce your overall risk of developing colon cancer because most polyps can be found and removed before they turn into cancer
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She will be fine. Pre-cancer means that the tumor has not gained the ability to spread yet. The surgeons don´t consider this a difficult operation, and the risk of complication is minimal (but not absent).
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If they catch it early when it has not gone outside the bowel wall the chances are good. 95% recovery rate.
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Yes she is going to be fine. Apparently she either had a sessile polyp or they were not able to remove the polyp completely on colonoscopy. Because they know the polyp contains precancerous cells and at some point it will become invasive it must be completely removed. At this point it is 100% curable. However, they should not have to remove half the colon only the segment were the polyp is located with a few centimeters of good tissue for clear margins needs to be removed.
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