I just found out my dad has colon cancer and they dont know I know. Can someone inform me everything about colon cancer. i dont think my dad is ready to tell me yet but i found out already. i dont know what to feel... im the eldest in the family and im scared i dont know realy..
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I am so sorry :( My best friends dad was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year and he had to get a surgery to get it removed and after that he was fine. So yes it can be cured it just depends on how quick they catch it. I hope your dad recovers.
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The five year survival rate is about 60%.
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yes my teacher had it and shes a little weak (she could only work half a day) but she got cured
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sorry to hear that, i think it can be cured, but do some research google it
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Well here's a site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer Cancer get's more and more curable! I'm sure if it was found in an early stage he'll be fine! I really am sorry though ): Being scared is normal and I think when he tells you just tell him everything will be fine. People survive more when they have hope & love goood luckkkk i wish you the very best
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http://www.coloncancerfoundation.org/?gclid=CNSLko6sk5wCFRM_xwodK2yodw there's a website i found about it.... i'm sorry for this to happen to your family... good luck and best wishes to your dad and your family and you
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There is no cure for cancer. Idk anything about colon cancer, but my grandma has throat cancer and like cancer in her mouth. they can't cure it. they remove it, but it's only temporary. it always comes back. i know she went through lots of chemo and radiation which helps. but it's very hard. i wish you and your family well. your dad will tell you when he's ready.
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I wouldn't get freaked out for a variety of reasons. One is his chances of survival are fair. They have modern technology that gives him a fair chance of survival. The other thing and I am not sure if I should say this is that if the worst happens we all have to make that trip. The truth is you could leave your house tomorrow and get hit by a car and your family would never get to say goodbye or anything. So look on the positives first that he is probably going to be ok the percentages are with him and second its really a blessing if it takes a turn for the worst that you got to have so much time with him; a lot of people don't get that.
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if its early in its stages, it's most likely beatable. my mother has reoccuring colon cancer. she recently got it really bad (stage 4) and after a couple surgeries to remove the tumors, and a year of chemotherapy sheeee is now back to work! it depends on the person really and the attitude also if you catch it early, it's easier to cure. just stay positive!
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I'll give it to you straight: this is one of the worst cancers you can get. As far as how "curable" it is, I am afraid there is not a straight answer on that, however. It can be curable, certainly, especially if caught early. But sometimes it is fatal. In fact, it kills 600,000 people a year. But thousands and thousands of people survive it, too. It ultimately depends on what stage of the cancer it is in. The earlier the stage, the higher the prognosis for survival. Anyhoo, I don't normally suggest Wikipedia, because it cannot be trusted. But I checked it out, and its article on colon cancer is actually pretty good. So check that out. I also recommend the following websites for more information: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp http://www.webmd.com/cancer/ http://www.cancer.gov/ The first and last one also have online question services and counseling advice, which I highly recommend. Ask lots of questions and you'll get lots of answers. In any case, hang in there. The more positive you are, the more likely the chances of survival. Everyone has to pitch in and help in situations like this to reduce the stress level for the patient, which aids in recovery. Keep upbeat, work hard in school and at home, and discuss everything together. Lean on one another. Your dad can get through this, but it will take everyone working together to be brave and strong. Good luck!
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Most colon carcinomas are being cured these days in the USA, but the chances for long term survival depend heavily on the stage of the disease which you do not tell us. Expected number of cases in the U.S. this year is ~110,000 with less than 50,000 deaths from colon cancer. ACS (American Cancer Society) data. To learn "everything about colon cancer" - you will need to do a great deal of reading. Here's a good place to start : http://www.medicinenet.com/colon_cancer/article.htm "The long-term prognosis after surgery depends on whether the cancer has spread to other organs (metastasis). The risk of metastasis is proportional to the depth of penetration of the cancer into the bowel wall. In patients with early colon cancer which is limited to the superficial layer of the bowel wall, surgery is often the only treatment needed. These patients can experience long-term survival in excess of 80%. In patients with advanced colon cancer, wherein the tumor has penetrated beyond the bowel wall and there is evidence of metastasis to distant organs, the five-year survival rate is less than 10%. In some patients, there is no evidence of distant metastasis at the time of surgery, but the cancer has penetrated deeply into the colon wall or reached adjacent lymph nodes. These patients are at risk of tumor recurrence either locally or in distant organs. Chemotherapy in these patients may delay tumor recurrence and improve survival."
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You have the right to be concerned. Colon cancer can be cured. The sooner the cancer is detected the better. The oncologist will come up with the best line of treatment. It may include removal of the cancerous lesions, drugs, radiation treatments and so on.
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hi , sory to hear about ur dad but hes old school an embarassed to talk about it, so here best advice to you ok, be patient an just take ur dad out fishin or somethin like that ok then set the mood right maybe some beer or wat he really likes, then in calm jokin voice you joke about it, in a round about ways, then little by little you ease yourself into it by sayin that if you were to be exposed to this type of cancer you wouldnt want to let it out except to someone realy close to you. then tell ur dad u love him if you do??, lol lol , an that he can come to you on advice if he needed to. also try giving your dad some st. johns wort, it good for lots of things or peppermint oils also give him, it cant hurt any. also some say try alkaselter tablets to cleean intestinal tracts,
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Here. This is an excellent website , and can answer your questions a lot better than I can Now, you ask, " can it be cured." Yes! My wife had it back in Sept of 2001. She is fine! you'd never know she had cancer.She does, and will, see her surgeon once a year for follow up, other than that' it is ancient history. I have also used her surgeon for some minor skin surgeries and colonoscopes, ( my father had colon cancer --at age 72, and lived util age 89.). Sure, you feel upset, frightened, worried, tense, anxious, who wouldn't ? Just remember this, cancer is NOT a death sentence. I hope when it is over, you and your dad look back and say " we went through all this", just like my wife and I did.
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