Do people with stage 0 colon cancer need chemo or is this an insurance income for doctors and staff?
My friend had a resected bowel in January 2010 due to precancerous cells found during a routine colonoscopy in November 2009. She is 50. They said it was between a Stage 2-3, but because she is a non-smoker, that drops it to a Stage 0. She is not tolerating the procedure of her chemotherapy very well (air passages closed briefly in cold weather) and is wondering if she even needs it! Any suggestions for her?
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Cancer staging refers to the size and extent of spread of a cancer, it has nothing to do with being a smoker or a nonsmoker. If you friend was diagnosed with a Stage 2 cancer it is a stage 2 cancer.
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That doesnt make any sense. The stage has to do with how far the cancer has spread. Why would smoking have anything to do with it. And at stage 2, you typically would need chemo to be safe.
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Yeah, I agree with the other guys. A stage 2-3 would be staged a 3, whether or not the person smokes. She would need chemo. No one's air passages close due to chemo. There is no stage 2 precancer. Since a hospital will treat you whether or not you have insurance, guess that part of your question is moot.
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Stage 2 cancer will require Chemo, and there is nothing called stage 0 (Just from stage 1 to 4, stage 1 doesn't require but beyond that stage chemo is beneficial). Enquire what chemo is being given. Rouine chemo for colon cancer is 5FU and Levamosol which is usually well tolerated by most of the patients (a mild chemo). She may be receiving some new or advanced chemotherapy. Smoking has nothing to do with staging and it is not a very major risk factor for colon cancer too (unlike lung/ esophagus/ pancreas and bladder). Any time if she is not able to pass flatus then surely it is not because of chemo but due to previous surgery (?stricture) or ?adhesions or ?rercurrence. Best wishes PS: By your mail I gathered that her CEA (tumour marker) dropped down to normal after surgery, Yeah here smoking will contribute, CEA remains high in smoker. Stage 0 does not mean normal CEA but Cacrinoma in situ i.e. Tis, so once she had node positive disease surely Chemo is a must, advice her to complete the course coz colon cancer is one cancer where cure rate is good
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My thoughts on cancer are as under. It does not seem to be having any side effects. Give it shot and save the world. The least it can do for you as per previous experiments are - complete relief from pain, better handling of chemo after effects. Our body becomes acidic because of wrong eating and resting habits. That causes body to store more water to ward off the bad effects of acid accumulation along with FAT and other minerals. These things though stored in the body can not be used because it is stored in much bigger sizes then the sizes that can be used by the body. So prevention should include making our body alkaline. Getting rid of excess stored water and then Getting rid of excess acids. Dehydration - When we drink water with meals or within 3-4 hours of a meal the stomach acids and toxins move from our blood to our body (cells of body outside blood system). This causes more water to be retained for managing those acids and toxins in cells (outside blood system) and we are continuously in the state of shortage of water. So even if we are drinking sufficient water we may be in dehydration mode. Since the blood acids levels are also on the higher side (due to shortage of water in the blood system) the kidneys will not be able to remove the toxins and acids efficiently. Over a period of time this will damage the kidneys as well. Hydration - When we drink water 30 minutes before meals movement of acids and toxins from blood to our body (outside blood system) stops. So the blood acid levels improve (become low - still on the higher side of the range) and there are more nutrients available in the blood system. This excess of acids and toxins in the blood system are removed from our blood by kidneys. Overhydration - When we keep on drinking water before the meals the blood acids drop to a level that kidneys stop removing the acids and toxins from our blood. Because of low blood acid levels the metabolism drops to very low levels. The kidneys does the removal job only if blood acids are in a particular range. This causes the water retention in the body. This also causes the cells death resulting from excess water. Excess cell death would eventually result in very yellow urine. The undermentioned routine aims at detoxification. It makes sure that toxins move from outside the blood system to blood system and from there outside the body thru kidneys. First 9 Glasses of water (all before meals) improves the blood acids levels (the blood acids levels are brought in the range which is best for kidney functioning). The movement of toxins and acids from blood system to our body (outside blood system) stops during this phase. Before the blood acids levels drop very low (when kidney functioning is impaired again) we reduce our water intake. In the second phase we try to get, the stores of the toxins stored in the body, in our blood system. Reducing water intake helps in that. In the third phase we increase blood acid levels to very level. This causes movement of toxins from our body (outside blood system) to blood system. In the next phase we again increase our water levels so that removal of acids from blood out of body thru kidney is more more efficient. To get relief follow the undermentioned routine. Do not sleep for at least 3 hours after a meal. This is most important. This is to ensure that we do not cause movement of toxins from our blood to our body (outside our blood system). This also helps in better repair of our body during sleep. 1. First 2 days Drink 3 glasses of water before each meal. So total should be 9 glasses a day. Stop all other liquids. For example if you take lunch at 2.00 pm, take 1 glass each at 12.30, 1.00 and 1.30 pm. Some deviations from suggested times are ok. Do not drink water after 7 PM. 2. Next 7 days Reduce water intake to 6 glasses day. 2 Glasses before each meal. 3. Next 2 days Reduce water intake to 3 glasses day. 1 Glasses before each meal. 4. Next 2 days Drink 1 glass of water in the entire day. 5. Next Repeat 1,2,3 and 4.
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