I understand brain cancer or lung because if those parts of you die you do as well. But im confused because i'v asked everyone, but no one really can make me understand. And why do some people survive and others dont? Is it a matter of a will to live? Do some people just give up Hope? I really need to know these answers! Can anyone help????
Cancer - 7 Answers
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If breast cancer or colon cancer is not treated before it gets advanced, it spreads to other organs such as liver, lungs and brain. As it spreads, it disrupts the function of the those organs and eventually causes death. Survival depends on what stage the cancer is found at, the treatments available for that type of cancer, how well the cancer responds to treatment and to a degree, the person's willingness to fight and live.
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well ill tell you it depends on when they catch it my mom had colon cancer she died slow and painfully i watched her wither away to skin and bones and belive me she wanted to live
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it spreads to different parts(vital organs) of your body,idk why some people live and others dont, but youre a stronger person if you keep your will and always believe there is still hope. My childhood friends dad was told he only had 6 months 12 years ago, sometimes doctors arent right.
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Cancer is basicly a rebel cell, different from the line. the Genes inside of it is all messed up and reproduce as not being compatible with the rest of the cells. these cells are very infectious, they spread to other organs, heart, liver, kidney, colon, spine, lungs, ETC.
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You have a number of good answers already. This is my medical specialty, so I have seen death from breast cancers and colon cancers many hundreds of times. Colon cancers usually like to go to the liver where they eventually cause liver failure. They do not become "liver cancer" - it is colon cancer growing in the liver. Retroperitoneal lymph nodes and the lungs may also be sites of spread for colon cancers. For unknown reasons, colon cancers do not like to go to the brain or the bones. In some cases it is a matter of tumor volume causing weakening and malnutrition of the person affected. In those cases a late infection can cause death. Breast cancers go almost anywhere - brain, bones, bone marrow, liver, lungs, adrenal glands, ovaries - but usually not the heart. (Only melanomas seem to metastasize to the heart.) So breast cancers can end life by causing "end organ failure" due to involvement of vital places such as the lungs, liver, and brain - or there can just be an overwhelming tumor burden that the body cannot support - again the general weakening effect and late stage infection such as pneumonia. Remember that breast cancer spread to the bone is not "bone cancer" - it is still malignant breast tissue that is growing in the bones which might respond to - but not be cured by - hormonal therapy. Hope this isn't too grisly for you. These are bad diseases when widespread. The best situation is to catch breast or colon cancers early with screening. Both are usually cured when caught early. Once breast cancers or colon cancers are clearly evident as visible metastatic disease, neither is considered curable in today's medicine. The people who are cured - and there are millions in the U.S. - are the ones diagnosed earlier in the stage of their diseases.
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I am not a doctor or a nurse. I am 21 years old. I was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2007.They said I had Lynch Syndrome. i was 19 years old. it had spread to my liver. kidney and lungs. I went through radiation and chemo. i am still alive. im not speaking for everyone but when i got down and wanted to give up is when my body was the worst. when I had hope and faith that I would make it is when I did better. I still have cancer and im still fighting. But im my eyes..if Ive made it this far then I'll make it to the end.
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cells that differentiate both in shape and function happen at all times in our bodies. the problem begins when our,immune system fails to destroy them. the go unnoticed, are highly active therefore consume more energy than normal cells, displace functional tissue around, obstruct vessels and other ducts. these cells do not look or function like their progenitors, so organs that are being replaced by them, will eventually fail to function. the body depends on these organs to function.
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