AboutClaes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. Expertise I`m a doctor of medicine and a specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have long experience with regards to this cancer.
Experience I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden.
Question Hi,
My husband just died from colon and liver cancer and I am having a hard time getting any information from his doctor. He went to the emergency room on Friday morning; Saturday he was given an endeoscope exam which showed nothing, blood showed elevated liver enzymes; Sunday he was given 2 CT scans which showed "multiple too many to count large low density lesion consistent with advanced metastatic disease occupying over 60% of the volume of the liver"; Sunday he was given a colonoscopy which showed tumors and red blood. By early Monday morning he was delusional, blood pressure and pulse were dropping and he crashed and died. My question is, why did he die so quickly? What happens in the body when there is this much cancer? Could he have been bleeding internally? And if he would have pulled through, then what? He also had a seizure before he died. They lost a pulse and could not bring him back. He had no symptoms prior to this other than some stomach pain the week before we went to the hospital. All I'm looking for is some kind of closure and understanding of what happened to him. Thank you so much
Answer Well with these findings it is clear that 1. he had a colon cancer. 2. Such cancers often bleed causing anemia. 3. It is obvious that his cancer had spread to his liver - which makes his colon cancer a stage 4 cancer case (the worst possibility). With this cancer 4. no cure was possible and a fatal (deadly) outcome unavoidable at present. 5. The cancer spread to his liver was also massive! 6. The seizure you mention may indicate that his cancer also had spread to his brain. With all these findings it is NOT remarkable that he passed away! Or that it happened fast. Since you wonder much over his case why did you not demand an autopsy that probably would have answered all your questions?!
