| Subject | Date Asked |
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| +signet cells | 11/21/2009 |
Q: I recently had a colonoscopy and a 1 cm polyp was removed from the edge of my caecum. The pathology ...
A: Difficult question. Your cancer was caught VERY early! Pleas if possible let me read the full ...
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| colon cancer | 11/21/2009 |
Q: My husband had a large colon cancer, the surgeon operated and was confident he 'took it all'. ...
A: I have in fact very little information on your husband's case. To give a good reply I would need all ...
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| Colon cancer -life expectancy if totally untreated | 11/17/2009 |
Q: My father has sufferred from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy for about ten years.He is heading ...
A: Indeed it is! at the moment we do not even know if he has any cancer there at all even if it is ...
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| hemorroid bleeding without pain | 11/14/2009 |
Q: I have been getting lots of bleeding after every bowel movement. But I have absolutely no pain (nor ...
A: The significant thing here is that you are bleeding there! That MUST be investigated! The matter of ...
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| Metastic colon cancer to laproscopy port site. | 11/13/2009 |
Q: I am male 47 years old. May 22, 2009 I had a colon resection Stage 2B colon cancer. No lymp node ...
A: 1. Yes perhaps BUT I do not think you can afford risking anything on that scenario. Instead you MUST ...
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| Mother's end stage colon cancer | 11/12/2009 |
Q: My Mother underwent surgery in March of this year which resulted in an open and close surgery, with ...
A: There is really no standard procedure. It mostly depends on where to the cancer spreads and that may ...
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| inoperability | 11/11/2009 |
Q: My husband's boss said, "I have a condition that is inoperable." We(my husband and me) were ...
A: Well was his colon (large bowel) ever mentioned? Many other things can be inoperable like lung ...
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| Rectocolon and lung cancer | 11/8/2009 |
Q: Our 32yo Daughter in law, was diagnosed with rectocolon cancer. She went through chemo by pill and ...
A: If her cancer has indeed spread to her lungs she is now a stage 4 cancer case which at present ...
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| colon cancer | 11/5/2009 |
Q: in January 2006 he had 8 cycles of 5FU/oxalyplatin and one 5FU as oxalyplatin crippling him with ...
A: Well that therapy can of course be tried but I certainly can not guarantee any results. I do know of ...
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| post colon cancer surgery | 11/5/2009 |
Q: My dad had surgery yesterday to remove part of the colon that had cancer .Surgery went well ...
A: An infection can come from anywhere including himself. But his doctors have all the information that ...
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| Beelding | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I am 24 years old and have had found blood in the toilet after I use the restroom for the second ...
A: Well. Since the blood is red it is most probably not from your stomach (stomach acid turns it black ...
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| squamous carcinoma in-situ | 11/2/2009 |
Q: Four weeks ago I had a colonoscopy. Several flat polyps were burned off. One polyp/tumor in the ...
A: A cancer in situ or cancer stage 0 is a "cancer in site". That means that it is localized in a small ...
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| How long? | 11/2/2009 |
Q: i was diagnosed with bowel cancer (dukes c1 sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma) last year at the age of ...
A: At your age colon cancers are extremely rare so I'm sorry that this has happened to you! I have to ...
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| Stage 3 cancer removed - now more tumors found? | 11/2/2009 |
Q: My 71 year old mother recently entered hospital due to severe pain. Colonoscopy was performed but ...
A: Well this was a hard one, but I'll try to do my very best! Yes, in my opinion a PET scan would ...
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| Radiotherapy and Xeloda | 11/1/2009 |
Q: I would like to know if it's ok to take Xeloda whilst undergoing radiotherapy. I am asking because ...
A: Well contrary to most other colon cancers cancers of the rectum are usually sensitive to radiation. ...
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| End is Near? | 10/31/2009 |
Q: My wife has stage IV colon cancer with mets to liver and lungs. She was diagnoses nearly 3 years ...
A: Unfortunately you are probably seeing at least the beginning of the end. Has she received or is she ...
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| Colon Polyp biopsy | 10/30/2009 |
Q: I had a colonoscopy on the 19th of October, doctor removed 2 flat polyps and said i would get my ...
A: This is serous! Your biopsies were IMPORTANT! Without them we have no idea what they were! To throw ...
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| Confusion | 10/29/2009 |
Q: I have recently learned that my dad has stage IV colorectal cancer. His cancer has spread into his ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your troubles! Since his cancer has spread so much surgery must be ...
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| Rectal Cancer Longevity | 10/29/2009 |
Q: My sister has just been diagnosed with Stage IV rectal cancer with metastasis to the lymph nodes, ...
A: It is probably a hemorrhoid but you may still have something there. We do not know. But you are ...
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| Need your advice regarding cure for colon cancer and life expactancy | 10/28/2009 |
Q: My younger brother age-27 has been diagnosised as ca colon and found carcinoma after byopsy test.He ...
A: He is very young for a colon cancer so this is probably unfortunately quite an aggressive tumor. ...
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| Rectal Cancer Longevity | 10/28/2009 |
Q: My sister has just been diagnosed with Stage IV rectal cancer with metastasis to the lymph nodes, ...
A: If I happened to be in her shoes I would probably insist on radiation therapy & surgery too in order ...
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| What to ask | 10/25/2009 |
Q: Next week my husband will have his last scheduled chemotherapy session for stage 3 colon cancer. I ...
A: That his CEA has become normal is a good sign. Even so - especially since there was extranodal ...
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| Colon Cancer | 10/24/2009 |
Q: In Dec.'07, I was diagnosed with Stage III Colon Cancer. I had a right hemicolectomy, and started ...
A: Cancer cells CAN end up anywhere but if your primary cancer was in the right half of your colon - ...
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| Colon Cancer Scare | 10/22/2009 |
Q: My Mom turned 80 this year. She had breast cancer in 1984 and had a masectomy but did not require ...
A: I do not want to speculate, but other cancers are also possible (though colon cancer is most ...
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| i think i have bowel cancer | 10/18/2009 |
Q: my grandfather recently died from bowel cancer so it runs in the family,i have been in and out of ...
A: you are so young that your risk of any bowel cancer even with a family history of it is extremely ...
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| How does a tumor disappear? | 10/13/2009 |
Q: My husband has a metastatic colon cancer. When diagnosed, the biggest tumor in his liver was almost ...
A: Hyvä päivä! Kiitos! Well the necrotic inner part of the tumor is explained by that it was growing so ...
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| lung cancer | 10/12/2009 |
Q: my father in-law as diagnosed with lung cancer in October of 2008 i has now metastasized to his ...
A: Both cancers and patients are individuals, not identical copies/clones. So it is very hard to ...
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| colon cancer | 10/12/2009 |
Q: hey, my dad has stage four colon cancer and it has moved to his liver and they have to do surgery ...
A: He will also need regularly repeated sessions of chemotherapy! I know of cases of stage 4 colon ...
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| colon cancer | 10/12/2009 |
Q: I am a 37-year-old female. I have had chronic constipation for most of my life and developed ...
A: It is possible that you have it but at your age the risk is not yet big. Though still with this ...
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| tubulovillous adenoma | 10/11/2009 |
Q: My husband(57) had a colon polp at 20cm with the size of 2.5cm.It is found to be tubulovillous ...
A: To get some information of such a risk I do need to read his full pathology report when that is ...
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| survival | 10/11/2009 |
Q: My grandmother was recently diagnosised with rectal cancer at stage 4. It has spreaded to her back, ...
A: Any stage 4 cancer is at present incurable. It may be possible to keep it under control with a ...
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| 40mm tubular adenoma | 10/10/2009 |
Q: I a 40 year old woman who recently had a colonoscopy. Through that procedure, a 40mm polyp was found ...
A: Well if it is done right a colonoscopy should check the WHOLE colon (= large bowel) so probably all ...
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| colon cancer or pancreatic cancer | 10/9/2009 |
Q: My mother had a colonoscopy in July of 2007, she was diagnosed in March of 2007 with colon cancer, ...
A: Was any autopsy done? If not the only way is to go through her complete medical records in order to ...
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| Colon cancer | 10/9/2009 |
Q: 47 year old woman with colon cancer in stage 4 with 2 tumors in the liver the doctor said that ...
A: I know too little of her particular case to know if it happens to be true for her. But as a general ...
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| for colon ulser | 10/8/2009 |
Q: DR. I AM A COLON ULSER PATIENT. MY COLONOSCOPY REPORT IS SAYING THAT :MILD TO MODERATE DEGREE OF ...
A: I'm here ONLY as a cancer specialist. What you have is not a cancer. It is an inflammation of your ...
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| How bad is it.... | 10/5/2009 |
Q: Recently, my dad was having bloody stool and had a colonoscopy to get it looked at. This was his ...
A: If it has ONLY spread to lymph nodes it MAY still be curable (but with less probability than if it ...
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| How bad is it.... | 10/5/2009 |
Q: Recently, my dad was having bloody stool and had a colonoscopy to get it looked at. This was his ...
A: It is possible but impossible to tell in advance. A 5 cm tumor (2 inches) is not small and it may ...
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| Fibre? | 10/1/2009 |
Q: As an expert on the intestinal system I hope you can answer this. My husband has a family history of ...
A: I'm here ONLY as a cancer dr (I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of ...
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| Stage 4, stopped chemo in July, getting worse | 9/30/2009 |
Q: My father is 57 y.o. and was diagnosed stage 4 cancer almost a year ago. It was already in his lungs ...
A: All stage 4 cancers are at present incurable. They may sometimes be controlled by chemotherapy & ...
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| Reduce dietary fat? | 9/30/2009 |
Q: I have a family history of colorectal cancer, and I am currently being treated for hypertension. The ...
A: I'm here ONLY as a cancer dr. So part of your question is outside my area of expertise here! Though ...
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| Could I have colon cancer? | 9/29/2009 |
Q: I am a eighteen-year-old female with no family history of cancer, but I have been experiencing some ...
A: At your age - as you yourself have written - your colon cancer risk is extremely small. BUT there ...
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| LDH Continues to Rise | 9/28/2009 |
Q: I have written to you before and appreciate your insight. My husband has been receiving FOLFOX ...
A: It MAY be caused by his chemotherapy itself. And yes it is nonspecific. However it is there and that ...
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| i need your advice | 9/27/2009 |
Q: im Dr.sulafa..a medical officer .. i have a patient 70 yrs old who presented with a history of ...
A: Well, he still has his abdominal mass, right? Is it possible for you to have a CT scan or MRI scan ...
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| Recurring colon cancer on the liver | 9/27/2009 |
Q: My 65 year old father was recently diagnosed with recurring colon cancer on his liver. He had ...
A: The decision is unfortunately his. I can only tell you that if it was mine I would take the surgery ...
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| Bowel cancer | 9/26/2009 |
Q: Her aknles have started to sell and she has a swollen tummy as well. Is this towards the end of life ...
A: The most likely symptoms are a continued and worsened swelling of her ankles, feet & legs and ...
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| Bowel cancer | 9/26/2009 |
Q: Her aknles have started to sell and she has a swollen tummy as well. Is this towards the end of life ...
A: Probably but unfortunately it is impossible to give you any exact time table. Both patients and ...
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| i need your advice | 9/25/2009 |
Q: im Dr.sulafa..a medical officer .. i have a patient 70 yrs old who presented with a history of ...
A: Yes a colon cancer is most likely. However some kind of infection/inflammation is probably the ...
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| Colon cancre spread in the livre | 9/23/2009 |
Q: Hey thanks for ur time. My father is 56 who has colon cancer spreat in the livre. The doctors gave ...
A: Since his cancer has spread to his liver he is now a stage 4 colon cancer case which indeed is an ...
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| CEA and CA19-9 test | 9/22/2009 |
Q: My member of family, had been diagnosed colorectal cancer stadium 3. He is 41st. 2 months ago his ...
A: This may be a result of his rectal cancer. A combined therapy of radiation therapy & chemotherapy ...
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| CEA test | 9/21/2009 |
Q: We got the results today on a cea test my husband had at the VA. it came in at 61. What is the most ...
A: Oh, likely places include his lungs (especially since he is a smoker) but even more so his whole ...
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| continued pre cancerous colon polyps | 9/17/2009 |
Q: I have done three colonoscopy exams in Los Angeles of the United States in 2007, 2008, and 2009 with ...
A: Well then in that case this does not apply to you! I only mentioned it since there is a form of ...
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| Prevention-low dose ASA | 9/16/2009 |
Q: I have a family history of colorectal cancer. My father, uncle, and grandfather both died, but they ...
A: Maybe, but it is doubtful if the advantages of any such treatment is big enough to justify its use. ...
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| What are the well tolerated diuretics and pain-killers patients who has liver cancer | 9/16/2009 |
Q: My mother is 70 years old. She is now suffering from HCC.Also she has cirrhosis and type2 diabetic. ...
A: I live in Sweden (Stockholm) and you seem to live in India. I have no idea what is available where ...
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| continued pre cancerous colon polyps | 9/16/2009 |
Q: I have done three colonoscopy exams in Los Angeles of the United States in 2007, 2008, and 2009 with ...
A: The finding of colon polyps ONLY shows that you have an increased risk of colon cancer. However ...
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| Stage 3 Colon Cancer LDH | 9/15/2009 |
Q: I have written before & you asked that I keep you posted. I have found you to be the only source of ...
A: Yes it is possible - even probable - that the LDH is due to his chemotherapy. But it is not sure. ...
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| continued pre cancerous colon polyps | 9/15/2009 |
Q: I have done three colonoscopy exams in Los Angeles of the United States in 2007, 2008, and 2009 with ...
A: Even if your family does not have this in born trait you obviously have it either by a genetic ...
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| Mom's Stage 4 Colon Cancer | 9/14/2009 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed with colon cancer with metastacised to the liver in 2005. Initially, the ...
A: The most common colon cancer marker is CEA. That is probably what has been tested. However without ...
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| Stage 4 colon cancer with mets to liver and ab | 9/7/2009 |
Q: My husband (36) was told he had diverticulitis last spring after many rounds of antibiotics he was ...
A: How high up in his bowel was his tumor? If in his rectum (the end part of his bowel) it probably is ...
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| Female colon cancer | 9/2/2009 |
Q: Life expectancy of female colon cancer if not diagnosed in time?
A: Your question is too vaguely formulated to have a precise answer. Even a stage 4 colon cancer (that ...
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| Proper diagnosis techniques | 8/27/2009 |
Q: Two days ago my father went in to have what he thought was "really bad hemorrhoids" checked out. He ...
A: Normal anal & rectal examinations are certainly done without any anesthesia because no such is ...
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| pre rectal cancer treatment | 8/26/2009 |
Q: My mother has been diagnosed with pre rectal cancer. Her doctor is recommending radiation (up to 28 ...
A: To answer why they can not pinpoint it better I need more information of her case. Do you have any ...
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| Metastatis Cancer | 8/25/2009 |
Q: My mother is suffering from Cancer form July 2005. She got chemos then operated in year 2008 ...
A: Chemotherapy is necessary but it should be combined with surgery & radio frequency ablation and ...
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| FAP and colon cancer | 8/21/2009 |
Q: My dad had FAP and died of colon cancer; I'm 40 and was supposed to start screening years ago since ...
A: Not necessarily. BUT you SHOULD start it SOONEST (right away)! It is IMPORTANT that you do it ...
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| Metastatis Cancer | 8/20/2009 |
Q: My mother is suffering from Cancer form July 2005. She got chemos then operated in year 2008 ...
A: It seems her primary cancer is in her urine bladder close to and blocking the outflow of urine from ...
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| Sessile polyp | 8/20/2009 |
Q: Is a hypertrophic polyp and sessile polyp the same thing? Sessile polyp found 18 months ago. Had ...
A: Not necessarily. EVERY polyp SHOULD be removed & sent to pathology! Since you seem to have a ...
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| colon cancer at the age of 19 ? | 8/15/2009 |
Q: I am a 19 year old female and lately I have experienced changes in my bathroom habits, blood in the ...
A: I thought everyone in Canada had such an insurance! Well your age does matter. At your age the risk ...
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| Metastatis Cancer | 8/14/2009 |
Q: My mother is suffering from Cancer form July 2005. She got chemos then operated in year 2008 ...
A: Where was her primary cancer? Has it been established by biopsies that it is her primary cancer that ...
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| father had colon cancer | 8/12/2009 |
Q: My father had tumor removed from colon..has to wear colostomy bag. We were also told he has ...
A: If it is worth it in an Alzheimer victim is certainly debatable. I'm not an Alzheimer specialist and ...
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| stage 4 | 8/12/2009 |
Q: Friend 44 y/o has stage 4 colorectal ca with mets to liver and lung diagnosed sept 09 - has had many ...
A: Well, even if that works he still will have to have continued regular chemotherapy sessions to try ...
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| blisters after radiation | 8/11/2009 |
Q: I had 25 days of radiation treatment of the lower abdomen for colon-rectum? cancer. I had no ...
A: Your colon cancer must have been located in your rectum. Radiation treatment at the dose level you ...
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| stage 4 advanced colon cancer that has spread to the lungs and liver | 8/11/2009 |
Q: Drear claes, i have been reading you question and answer page for a couple of months know but i am ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! Unfortunately he is now a stage 4 colon cancer case ...
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| Symptoms | 8/9/2009 |
Q: I am a 35 year old female. I have had bleeding with bowel movements for the past 2 years - pretty ...
A: Without facts from your colonoscopy all I can write is just speculation. So we have to wait for ...
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| colorectal cancer/fistulae | 8/9/2009 |
Q: My husband had radiation and Chen followed by colorectal cancer surgery July 04/2008.he has an ...
A: Unfortunately it is. It is also possible that his lung nodules are caused by tumour unfortunately. ...
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| Stage 3 Colon Cancer | 8/7/2009 |
Q: I have copied my previous question to you and your answer below. I now have more information about ...
A: We do not KNOW which of the 2 possibilities it is but this steady increase makes it more probable ...
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| colostomy | 7/31/2009 |
Q: my friend has undergone colostomy two years ago,and did chemotherapy and radiotherapy.he is having a ...
A: Ordinary scanning techniques (CT, ultrasound, MRI, PET & other isotope methods) can NOT tell you any ...
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| cancer | 7/29/2009 |
Q: My brother was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer less than 4 years ago, now he was found to have a ...
A: It is a grade 4 because it has spread to the lymph nodes & tissues within his retroperitoneal area. ...
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| MCRC - lung and brain | 7/28/2009 |
Q: We were recently shocked and devastated to discover that my mother's stage III colon cancer had ...
A: Unfortunately even with radiation therapy (and unfortunately most colon cancers are not very ...
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| cancer | 7/28/2009 |
Q: My brother was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer less than 4 years ago, now he was found to have a ...
A: But it may be controlled with chemotherapy (choice of drugs must be done by the dr in charge of his ...
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| Cea Levels | 7/25/2009 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with colon cancer 2 weeks ago and her cea level is 6.1. Is there a coralation ...
A: Often CEA correlates with the total tumor mass/volume/burden, but there are uncertainties involved. ...
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| stage 4 colon cancer | 7/23/2009 |
Q: in feb. of 2009 i took my mother to the er . she was vomiting up bile and had severe stomach pain. ...
A: Well, something was obviously seen on her CT scans but what that was is uncertain. That it was found ...
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| possible colon cancer/husband | 7/21/2009 |
Q: My husband recently underwent a colonscopy and they found the following: Numerous Polyps rt ...
A: How old was his brother? And how old is your husband? I wonder if this is a case of polyposis coli. ...
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| metastatic colon cancer | 7/20/2009 |
Q: Mom was diagnosed 2-1/2 years ago; colon resection, spread to liver; 30% liver removed; recurrence, ...
A: Well that is not good. She is a stage 4 colon cancer case and that is at present incurable. It may ...
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| colon cancer | 7/20/2009 |
Q: How can we protect ourselves from colon cancer?
A: If you mean by diet there is no such absolutely sure known way at present. The only known way at ...
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| Colon/Cervical Cancer | 7/18/2009 |
Q: Dr Doctor, Following on from a previous question, are you able to offer some advice on my 85 yr old ...
A: I see. So it has been established that her "cervical mass" is also derived from her colon cancer? ...
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| Colon cancer | 7/18/2009 |
Q: My 85yr old mum had bowel surgery last August to remove a large tumour from her bowel. She did not ...
A: If I interpret your question correctly it now seems that she has 2 cancers. 1. A cervical mass ...
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| Poorly Diff. High Grade Neuro of Colon | 7/15/2009 |
Q: My 31 year old wife was diagnosed with high grade neruo cancer of the colon in Dec. of 08. The ...
A: This is a rather unusual case so past experience of similar cases is not overwhelming - rather the ...
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| stage 4 colon cancer | 7/14/2009 |
Q: in feb. of 2009 i took my mother to the er . she was vomiting up bile and had severe stomach pain. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! She is unfortunately now a stage 4 cancer case ...
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| Stage 3 Colon Cancer | 7/12/2009 |
Q: My husband, african american, age 57 and in otherwise good health was diagnosed with colon cancer in ...
A: Living in Sweden - and that is where I have worked - I have very little experience with black ...
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| Husbands colon cancer | 7/12/2009 |
Q: Approximately 6 weeks ago my husband who is 60 years was diagnosed with a mass in his colon, he ...
A: So his colon cancer is a stage 4 case since it has spread at least to his liver and probably to some ...
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| pain - anatomy | 7/11/2009 |
Q: I have irritable bowel syndrom and was wondering if pain and pulse (belly button area and bellow rib ...
A: There is no connection between pulse & irritable colon syndrome. 1. You have a part of your colon ...
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| Stage 3 Colon Cancer | 7/9/2009 |
Q: My husband, african american, age 57 and in otherwise good health was diagnosed with colon cancer in ...
A: It means that it grows out of the lymph node into its surroundings. Due to that though only one node ...
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| Colonoscopy | 7/9/2009 |
Q: My wife had a colonoscopy done sometimes in the middle of June of this year. The doctor said ...
A: Well a colonoscopy inspects the large bowel so any sample came from there. Any sample sent to a ...
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| Husband's Rectal Cancer | 7/8/2009 |
Q: Here's a timeline summary so you understand what we're dealing with: April 30, 2009: My husband has ...
A: Cancer in situ is not really an ultrasound scan diagnosis but a pathology diagnosis! Full knowledge ...
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| Husband's Rectal Cancer | 7/8/2009 |
Q: Here's a timeline summary so you understand what we're dealing with: April 30, 2009: My husband has ...
A: IF hiIF his cancer has indeed spread to that lymph node he IS indeed a stage 3 case, but without a ...
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| high grade dysplasia | 7/7/2009 |
Q: my mother had a Colonoscopy seven months ago and has now been advised the Doctor wants her to have a ...
A: Let us take one step at a time!You tell me that she in spite of her age is active and fairly ...
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| Colonoscopy | 7/6/2009 |
Q: Clinical reports below. My doctor recommends a laparascopic right hemi-colectomy to remove the polyp ...
A: Since not all of your 2 polyps have been removed I do understand your dr's wish to remove all of ...
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| How are you doing Dr. Nordquist | 7/4/2009 |
Q: I'd like to take the time to thank you for volunteering your time to answer mine and many others ...
A: Hehe! This was an unusual situation! Usually I answer questions here with regards to the health of ...
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| Interventional Radiology for Stage IV Management | 7/3/2009 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, can you comment on what the relatively new sub specialty of Interventional Radiology ...
A: Well it may be possible to block at least part of the blood flow to the lesions in his liver in ...
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| colon cancer | 7/3/2009 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with colon cancer 3 years ago. She has been in stage 4 over a year. She has ...
A: Cancers like patients are individuals not identical copies/clones. It is therefore impossible to ...
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| Colon resection | 6/29/2009 |
Q: Good day. I need help if possible please. My brother had a leak in the colon and fistal op on the ...
A: I'm here strictly as a cancer dr. NOTHING else. I'm not a surgeon but a medical oncologist & ...
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| Stage 4 colon cancer | 6/29/2009 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with stage-4 colon cancer in November 08. She had surgery and is now in ...
A: A lot can happen in 5 years. For colonoscopy to be really effective as a good prevention system it ...
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| metastatic colon cancer | 6/26/2009 |
Q: In 2006 when she was 57, she went in for a routine colonoscopy and they found colon cancer. ...
A: It is at present impossible to give you a prognosis of a case like this. Oncology is progressing all ...
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| colon cancer, liver met, omentum tumors? | 6/22/2009 |
Q: My mom originally had colon cancer and had a colon resection 2yrs ago with 3 lymph node involvement. ...
A: Well if indeed it is her colon cancer that has come back - which is probable but not certain (only ...
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| Help Scared of blood on toilet paper, streaks and toilet bowl sometimes | 6/18/2009 |
Q: I am 21 years old and in what I think is good/decent health besides having trouble with anxiety. ...
A: The blood you describe seems to be normal red blood as can be seen from a fissure or hemorrhoid NOT ...
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| Help Scared of blood on toilet paper, streaks and toilet bowl sometimes | 6/18/2009 |
Q: I am 21 years old and in what I think is good/decent health besides having trouble with anxiety. ...
A: At your age your risk of a cancer there is VERY small! Your symptoms indicate that this probably is ...
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| Untreated Colon Cancer | 6/10/2009 |
Q: She had it previously in the same location 20 years ago and had surgery (and maybe chemo?). This ...
A: Unfortunately it is impossible to evaluate the stage of her cancer based only on the information ...
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| High Grade Colon Dysplasia | 6/9/2009 |
Q: After 17 years of Ulcerative Colitis, my most recent colonoscopy results came back as high grade ...
A: Well, normally I would have asked for your pathology report. But knowing that you have ulcerative ...
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| Testosterone shot and colorectal cancer | 6/8/2009 |
Q: My urologist recommends that I receive a testosterone shot; my testosterone level is "low normal." ...
A: No they are not recommended for prostate cancer victims but as far as I know THAT is not a problem ...
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| MRI? PET/CT Scans for neoplastic tumours in the bone? | 6/6/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, First, how are you doing? Last time we corresponded (about the reliability of CEA ...
A: I have my follow up visit to my old workplace (department of medical oncology and radiation therapy ...
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| upper gi and colon | 6/6/2009 |
Q: i have had polpys removed last year from my colon and stomach they came back begnin. Sept I started ...
A: Without an examination it is unfortunately impossible to tell you what this is. If this continues or ...
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| Copper-reduction therapy | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I am currently NED after more than a year of treatment for colorectal cancer, stage IV ...
A: No idea. This is so new that we have very little - if any - experience to stand on! Reported ...
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| Biopsy of colon | 6/2/2009 |
Q: I had external radiation for prostate cancer, and for the last few months I have red streaks of ...
A: Blood from there is not uncommon when having this kind of radiation treatment - I have recently had ...
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| TUBULOVILLOUS ADENOMA WITH HIGH GRADE DYSPLASIA | 5/31/2009 |
Q: and thank you in advice for any opinion or advice you may give me. I am a 60 year old male in good ...
A: I can only tell you what I would do in this situation (I'm 64 and have recently finished an 8 month ...
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| Why no more chemo? | 5/30/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, my brother has been battling colon cancer for over 6 years now, and in the last year has ...
A: Well your brother was even before this development a stage 4 cancer case which at present is ...
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| regarding my grandpa | 5/30/2009 |
Q: Today I went to see my grandpa in the nursing home, he has colon cancer,cancer in his large and ...
A: I'm very sorry for your grandfather and for you! Unfortunately it is impossible to give you any kind ...
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| Why no more chemo? | 5/29/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, my brother has been battling colon cancer for over 6 years now, and in the last year has ...
A: Sooner or later you come to a point in time when chemotherapy does not work anymore. This moment has ...
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| Tumor in colon/Rectum | 5/29/2009 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed with a Squamous Tumor in her colon, but mainly in her rectum. I don't know the ...
A: If it is a cancer of her rectum and especially if it is a squamous cell cancer she SHOULD at least ...
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| Colon Cancer? | 5/29/2009 |
Q: I am an 18 year old girl and am healthy. I have had alternating bowel movements for a good period ...
A: Sorry, I'm here ONLY as a cancer dr.! So your question is really outside my area of expertise here. ...
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| Inoperable Colon Cancer | 5/29/2009 |
Q: My Mother was diagnosed two years ago with colon cancer. Large tumour found. She underwent ...
A: This may be a sign that her cancer has spread to her brain. A CT or MRI brain scan can probably deny ...
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| Colon cancer stage 4 | 5/28/2009 |
Q: My brother-in-law is 57 years old and has been diagnosed with colon cancer stage 4 since last year ...
A: The ONLY available treatment for this at present is regular chemotherapy - if possible. If not I ...
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| liver mets | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I have been writing to you periodically over the last 9 months regarding my 43 y.o brother in law. ...
A: No one knows for sure at present. Yes it is very likely that his cancer sooner or later will spread ...
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| signet cell adenocarcinoma stage IV | 5/24/2009 |
Q: My 33-year-old niece was recently diagnosed with signet cell adenocarcinoma of the colon stage IV. ...
A: Well as I have just answered another stage 4 colon cancer case here - though a private one - ...
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| Colon cancer | 5/23/2009 |
Q: We found out my father has colon cancer about two weeks ago hes been sick for a long time .The dr ...
A: To stage a cancer involves a lot of examinations (biopsies, x-rays, CT scans, ultrasound scans, MRI ...
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| Colon Problems/severe pain all around | 5/22/2009 |
Q: My Mothers bowel habbits have been very bad for a few years(sometimes upto 8 times a day and passing ...
A: Well some problems are normal after polypctomy though in her case they seem to be worse than normal. ...
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| colon cancer | 5/16/2009 |
Q: My husband has several biopsies confirming carcinoma in situ. He is recomended for lower bowel ...
A: A carcinoma in situ is a stage 0 cancer by definition! So it is not a T4 which is locally invasive ...
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| Colon cancer | 5/15/2009 |
Q: i am a 29yr old female with a 7 year history of constipation. I have the mirena coil fitted but i am ...
A: Well, without an examination that is not much I can do! So the only thing I can recommend to be SURE ...
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| Colon Cancer | 5/14/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law was told in July that she had an elevated CEA. She had colon cancer 4 years for ...
A: If indeed her cancer has come back surgery MAY be possible BUT it is far more likely that the only ...
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| CEA's | 5/11/2009 |
Q: My mother has had colon cancer before. It was a little over five years ago.When she lived in Indiana ...
A: Everything is possible (almost) and of course I can not completely ignore or deny the possibility of ...
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| stage IV colon cancer and severe legs swelling | 5/11/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, My father (78years old) was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 12/2008 with mets to ...
A: There may be many reasons for this even a combination of them. His cancer has as you have written ...
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| POLYPS | 5/8/2009 |
Q: The doctor 5 to 6 mm polyps in the sigmoid colon is this normal? ANSWER: No not really. They should ...
A: An adenoma is an excessive growth of gland tissue. In the colon it is most common in the lower parts ...
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| sessile tubular adenoma | 5/7/2009 |
Q: I have a few questions regarding my recent colonoscopy. I was tested due to rectal bleeding. I had a ...
A: Since your grandmother died of colon cancer it is a very good idea that you are regularly checked ...
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| Colon Cancer | 5/4/2009 |
Q: My 84 year old mother was diagnosed with colon cancer 7 months ago...doctors will not perform ...
A: Yes it may be slowly growing due to her age. However surgery in one form or another is the backbone ...
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| CEA counts and realistic prognosis | 5/3/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, First off, I hope you're feeling better, especially given your own health challenges ...
A: The situation is not so rosy here all the time either! I had to nag my cardiologist in order to push ...
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| CEA counts and realistic prognosis | 5/3/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, First off, I hope you're feeling better, especially given your own health challenges ...
A: I feel better. How well my (radiation) treatment has succeeded I will have some idea of in late June ...
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| Adenocarcinoma intestinal type Modrate differntialted | 4/28/2009 |
Q: . I had one of my realitive about 27 yrs old. after hemorrhoids .. been discovered that she had this ...
A: First of all I do suggest a CT and/or MRI scan with & without colon contrast to determine her exact ...
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| Colon cancer patient | 4/24/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in September 2008. It was metasized at the ...
A: Unfortunately it is rather clear from your description that she is getting worse. This will probably ...
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| colon cancer with mets to liver | 3/19/2009 |
Q: My mother-in-law has colon cancer with mets to the liver.She was dx 2 yrs ago.She chose not to have ...
A: Well with an advanced untreated colon cancer that has spread to the liver it is unfortunately ...
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| Queasy gassy stomach | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I had to give up coffee because of very strong queasy gassy dash to bathroom for BM feeling's.I have ...
A: ANY blood in stools SHOULD be investigated! Without such an investigation it is impossible to state ...
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| CEA | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I have been following my CEA for about 2.5 years now. For some reason my GP had the test run as part ...
A: In my opinion this is NOT the way CEA should be used. It should NOT be used as some sort of primary ...
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| Colon cancer concerns/Difficulty obtaining colonoscopy | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I've had bleeding while wiping once or twice a month for a few years now. I've always dismissed it ...
A: At your age the risk of a colon cancer is very small. But there are other serious conditions there ...
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| Climbing bilirubin | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I have been having severe abdominal pain for many months now. I had a hydascan and a lot of blood ...
A: Probably all liver tests have already been done if your bilirubin has been checked. If nothing was ...
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| Rectal cancer | 3/13/2009 |
Q: My father, age 68 has been diagnosed with a rectum cancer lesion of 5 cm length at 9 cm frm anus ...
A: 1. If the lung lesion is associated with his rectal cancer then that rectal cancer would be in stage ...
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| colon cancer | 3/12/2009 |
Q: My father had colon cancer surgery in January. They removed a 8 1/2 tumor. After the surgery the ...
A: If his surgeon in fact did find cancer in his peritoneum (abdominal lining) then in fact he IS a ...
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| colon cancer | 3/12/2009 |
Q: My father age 60 got operated in june'08 for colon tumor. HPE showed moderately differentiated ...
A: It is too early to draw any certain conclusions from this. We have to follow his CEA for quite a ...
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| colon cancer | 3/7/2009 |
Q: This will be a long one. First some history and medical facts about me: I am currently 51 and ...
A: I'm sorry to read of your problems! In your case I DO recommend a colostomy! Mainly because it will ...
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| Rectal cancer complications | 3/6/2009 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer in April, 2008. She underwent radiation and ...
A: How much radiation was given under how long time? I assume that a dose of 200 cGy was given each ...
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| Angry about lack of information from doctor | 3/6/2009 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with colon cancer in November of 2006. He passed away in January of this ...
A: The moment he had it in his liver he was a stage 4 cancer case, which at present is incurable but ...
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| Colon Cancer | 3/4/2009 |
Q: My step-father was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer a year ago this past January. They ...
A: I do not understand that either unless it is difficult for some technical reasons. Yes his cancer ...
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| Angry about lack of information from doctor | 3/3/2009 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with colon cancer in November of 2006. He passed away in January of this ...
A: Your description indicates that there was some emergency reason for his death. Without an autopsy ...
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| Angry about lack of information from doctor | 3/3/2009 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with colon cancer in November of 2006. He passed away in January of this ...
A: Yes in principle I agree that you should have been told (unless your father had forbidden it) his ...
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| Undiagnoced Colon Cancer | 2/28/2009 |
Q: I have a history of polyps and had abcessed polyps removed at the top of my colon many years ago ...
A: Honestly speaking, if no cancer has been found with colonoscopy (which at present is the BEST method ...
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| polyps in colon | 2/28/2009 |
Q: My husband had colon cancer 4 months ago, they took out about a foot of his colon, he did not have ...
A: It may have been missed the first time - maybe the other one took all their attention - so we really ...
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| elevated CEA during chemo | 2/27/2009 |
Q: In 2003 I had a resect and 6 months of chemo cea went down to 0.4. In 2006 CEA began to rise at ...
A: Since your cancer had spread you must now be considered a stage 4 colon cancer case. In that ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Doctor- My good friend has Stage IV colon cancer that has metastisized to his liver and now his ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist but not a surgeon. The reason why that was done was ...
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| Brother has stage iv colon cancer | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Hope you can help me ease my mind. My brother was diagnosed with stage four cancer of the colon, it ...
A: Unfortunately his prognosis is very bad. This will most probably kill him. How long he will live ...
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| colon cancer | 2/24/2009 |
Q: My husband has been fighting stage iv colon cancer for almost seven years. He has had two liver ...
A: Well in the long run we all are (I'm myself right now under radiation and hormonal treatment for ...
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| Colon Cancer | 2/24/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, Our 36 year old daughter was diagnosed in May 2007 with colon cancer which had ...
A: Yes both are possible (even together) though liver failure is probably somewhat more probable. ...
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| Biopsy of Cecal Valve Polyp | 2/24/2009 |
Q: A colonoscopy 3 mths ago showed fragments of tubulovillous adenoma with focal high grade dysplasia. ...
A: It may. I would not like to wait that long! If it was me I would insist on one more colonoscopy ...
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| anal sex | 2/18/2009 |
Q: can you get cancer from anal sex
A: You can certainly be infected there with the Human Papilloma Virus (if your partner is a carrier of ...
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| colon/liver cancer | 2/18/2009 |
Q: Please tell more or less how much time my dad really has? He has cancer in the liver and the colon, ...
A: If he is not responding well to his chemotherapy he is unfortunately going down hill. Exactly how ...
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| Metastasized Colon Cancer to the Lung | 2/18/2009 |
Q: In December of 2007, my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. He has surgery and the tumor was ...
A: Yes probably he did not want to upset him (maybe also not to upset you). This IS a stage 4 cancer! ...
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| rectal cancer | 2/17/2009 |
Q: I wrote to you before and managed to get my father to a Dr. He had a sigmoidoscopy and has a mass in ...
A: Unfortunately both patients and tumors are individuals not identical copies/clones. So it is very ...
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| Metastasized Colon Cancer to the Lung | 2/17/2009 |
Q: In December of 2007, my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. He has surgery and the tumor was ...
A: Yes it is unfortunately by now a stage 4 colon cancer that has spread to his lung. If it has spread ...
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| stage 4 colorectal cancer | 2/15/2009 |
Q: My brother in law (45 y/o )was diagnosed stage 4 colorectal cancer with innumerable nodules in both ...
A: Well given the amount of spread of his tumor and the rather small effect of his chemotherapy on his ...
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| colon cancer | 2/13/2009 |
Q: My father age 60 got operated in june'08 for colon tumor. HPE showed moderately differentiated ...
A: Yes chemo therapy MAY give a certain increase of his CEA but that increase is then only temporary. ...
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| metastasized tumors colon cancer | 2/11/2009 |
Q: my dad (76) was diagnosed in july with colorectal cancer that has metastisized to his liver. chemo ...
A: It is not possible for me to evaluate how fast HIS tumor is growing since I do not have the needed ...
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| Colon Cancer | 2/11/2009 |
Q: My father has colon cancer which has spread while he was taking a FOLFOX regimen. He has a spot on ...
A: This is a tough question! In principle all diagnostics in a case like this should be supported by ...
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| my father | 2/11/2009 |
Q: My father is 86 years old and refuses medical treatment. He has been taking care of himself ...
A: It is possible but not certain. That he is quite ill is however certain! However without more ...
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| treatment plan for colon cancer | 2/10/2009 |
Q: I am 42 y/o female with rectal bleeding, so colonoscopy done and 3 cm sessile appearing polyp found ...
A: Yes this IS a big question. Well your tumor is a stage 3a all right. In my vocabulary a grade 3 is ...
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| colon cancer | 2/9/2009 |
Q: My father age 60 got operated in june'08 for colon tumor. HPE showed moderately differentiated ...
A: Yes it may be different but it may also indicate microscopic spreading of his disease. Probably it ...
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| after FOLFOX4 adjuvant chemo what test should be done to find microscopic cancer germs? | 2/8/2009 |
Q: Right hemicolectomy was performed in 17.10.2008 and histopathology report showed 9 pericolic nodes ...
A: CEA is sometimes such a test to see if chemotherapy is working. However in your case it does not ...
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| FOLFOX4 adjuvant chemo therapy | 2/8/2009 |
Q: Right hemicolectomy done on 17.10.2008. Histopathology report shows 9 out of 30 pericolic nodes were ...
A: What was your CEA BEFORE SURGERY? That is the really interesting & significant information! If ...
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| colon cancer survival | 2/7/2009 |
Q: Someone who was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, had surgery with cancer spreading to 9 lymph ...
A: Unfortunately it is now a stage 4 cancer. It is therefore at present unfortunately incurable but may ...
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| Colon Cancer | 2/6/2009 |
Q: My mother has stage 4 colon cancer. She was diagnosed 2 years ago. She had surgery in Dec 08 ...
A: Both cancers and patients are individuals not identical copies/clones. So it is in fact impossible ...
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| Red Meat | 2/6/2009 |
Q: Gustaf-Nordquist My husband,50 suffers from a lot of abdominal discomfort, abdominal distension ...
A: I'm here ONLY as a cancer expert so to a large part your question is outside my area of expertise ...
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| colon cancer | 2/5/2009 |
Q: My father age 60 got operated in june'08 for colon tumor. HPE showed moderately differentiated ...
A: CT can only show macroscopic evidence of any tumour. After surgery and 12 rounds of chemotherapy it ...
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| colon transplant | 2/3/2009 |
Q: My sister is 35 years old and suffering from colon cancer. She was detected 3 years ago and already ...
A: As far as I know NO such transplant has ever been done in ANY patient and I very much doubt that ...
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| colon CA recurrance? | 2/3/2009 |
Q: Dx with Colon CA 9/06. Had resection sx, removed 2 large masses, neg for lymph involvement. Stage ...
A: Well yes I think your oncologist should be involved again. And it is time to do a PET scan now. A ...
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| Colon Caner | 2/2/2009 |
Q: Below is the question I asked Oct. 2008 followed by your answer. Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, ...
A: In general her condition is caused by her cancer but without being there and being able to examine ...
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| colon cancer | 1/29/2009 |
Q: My aunt of 85 yrs was just diagnosed with colon cancer. She's a very young 85 and a very private ...
A: Your information is not much to build on but it is very common for colon cancers to bleed. When they ...
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| left side pain bowels, breast, neck, head | 1/28/2009 |
Q: I have symptoms everyday of burning pain either in bowel/abdomen area and it radiates, my breast, my ...
A: I'm in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe most probably very far from you! Without any possibility of being ...
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| Chemotherapy for Geriatrics | 1/25/2009 |
Q: Norquist, My father, age 77, had surgery for colon cancer in October 2008. There were two tumors ...
A: Well his cancer HAD invaded 3 of 16 lymph nodes so to reduce his risks of a relapse of this new ...
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| colon cancer stage 4 | 1/25/2009 |
Q: my dad has stage 4 colon cancer,he meets with oncologist about treatment plan this Friday. What is ...
A: If he is a stage 4 colon cancer case he definitely is in need of chemotherapy - if at all possible ...
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| CEA Test Result | 1/23/2009 |
Q: We were offered the opportunity to participate in a Health Fair where I work. In the past 2 years I ...
A: That may very well be the case. Have any ultrasound/CT/MRI scans of your liver, pancreas & kidneys ...
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| colon cancer | 1/21/2009 |
Q: I am a 55 year old male,recently I have had an ache or pressure in my lower abdomen, I went to the ...
A: If nothing has been found in your bladder - and I assume your urologist also checked your prostate ...
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| adenomatous polyp | 1/18/2009 |
Q: I am only 31, Female with 3 young boys. I have been not feeling well for 2 years ever since the ...
A: The reason they want to see you so soon is that you are rather young for developing such polyps. ...
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| Colon Cleansing , deyhdration & new bacteria | 1/16/2009 |
Q: My question is in regards to colon cleansing. In one respect I feel I want to do this for myself. ...
A: The closest I have seen are those cases where it is necessary to clean the big bowel for medical ...
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| colon cancer | 1/14/2009 |
Q: In June of 2008 I had a tumor removed (resection) from my large intestine. Out of 17 lymphnodes ...
A: Your CEA value before surgery did indicate that your colon cancer had indeed spread. That was ...
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| Colon Cancer | 1/13/2009 |
Q: Where & what are the current leading edge treatments/treatment centers for metastatic colon cancer? ...
A: As far as I know there is no really superior clinic anywhere. Any big university medical center ...
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| Colon lymph glands | 1/13/2009 |
Q: My mother just had a tumor removed from her colon. The tumor was not cancer, but they are retesting ...
A: Dysplasia means that the cells in that tumor were changing into cancer but not yet cancer. If that ...
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| Colon Cancer Diagnosis | 1/13/2009 |
Q: My Dad was diagnosed with colon cancer today. According to his gastrointerologist the tumor is ...
A: If his colon cancer is in stage IV (4) then it is at present incurable but may be controllable by ...
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| CT scans | 1/10/2009 |
Q: Developed "abdominal "persistant presence" of low grade pain and a couple of days of spotting on ...
A: The findings are NOT alarming in any way. But a CT scan is NOT the best examination method if what ...
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| spread coloncancer | 1/10/2009 |
Q: my mum, 59 years old, was diagnosed with spread coloncancer (diagonal part) in august 2008. It had ...
A: Tack! Beklagar ett fel i mitt första svar. Det står kombination, skall naturligtvis vara ...
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| Moderately differentiated tumor | 1/9/2009 |
Q: My husband has recurring, inoperable colon (previous resection w/radiation & chemo) adenocarcinoma ...
A: Differentiation of a tumor is a way of describing how mature/immature a tumor is. That in turn is a ...
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| spread coloncancer | 1/9/2009 |
Q: my mum, 59 years old, was diagnosed with spread coloncancer (diagonal part) in august 2008. It had ...
A: Jag svarar på svenska. Om det inte är bra säg bara till så skriver jag på engelska/I'll answer in ...
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| Colon Cancer | 1/9/2009 |
Q: A family member was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer 2 months ago. She had surgery. Was to ...
A: Well the situation is like I told you before more grim due to the brain involvement. But I'm of a ...
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| Bloody Stools | 1/8/2009 |
Q: My husband is 26 years old. He has been having some serious stomach problems. For the past year and ...
A: Colon cancer - though possible - is due to his young age not very probable. But the combination of ...
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| chronic radiation enteritis | 1/7/2009 |
Q: I was treated for a large tumor first with surgery,a sigmoid colectomy, followed by 30+ radiation ...
A: To be able to answer this at the best of my ability I would need A LOT more information with regards ...
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| Colonic Mucosa with High Grade Dysplasia | 1/2/2009 |
Q: I recently had a colonscopy done. The pathology report show there is a colonic mucosa with high ...
A: If it indeed was a polyp (an adenoma) then it SHOULD have been removed - even more important with ...
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| Stage IV Rectal Cancer..stage down? | 1/2/2009 |
Q: My 47 yo husband was dx with Stage IV rectal cancer with 4 small mets to liver. He did 6 weeks of ...
A: He must unfortunately continue to be regarded as a stage IV (4) since there may still be yet unknown ...
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| Final stage - what to expect | 1/2/2009 |
Q: You note in various respones how much of a nightmare the final days or weeks are of someone with ...
A: Well in that particular case liver failure and therefore also unconsciousness would most probably ...
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| Final stage - what to expect | 1/1/2009 |
Q: You note in various respones how much of a nightmare the final days or weeks are of someone with ...
A: Was that a colon cancer case? If I remember correctly that was a brain tumor case. Or had the colon ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage IV | 12/30/2008 |
Q: My 78y/o mom, originally dx'ed stage 2 in 2003, has had 3 recurrences to date. Latest recurrence ...
A: There may actually be fluctuations in CEA measurements (like in ALL clinical laboratory ...
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| Rectal cancer and colostomy question | 12/29/2008 |
Q: I am helping a family member through adnocarcinoma of the rectum and anus. She is undergoing chemo ...
A: what has been suggested to your relative is the ONLY possible way to go! Radiation therapy & ...
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| Advanced metastatic adenocarcinoma | 12/27/2008 |
Q: My husband has done 6 months of treatment with Leucovorin, Oxiap, 5-fu and Avastin, Now just Avastin ...
A: If his colon cancer has spread so that it has become a stage 4 cancer case then he has to continue ...
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| colon cancer | 12/27/2008 |
Q: After coloscopy and subsequent biopsy, the result reads as follows: Tubulovillous adenoma with high ...
A: Well, this is NOT what was described in your first question. This is a cancer that has grown through ...
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| Stage II colon cancer | 12/27/2008 |
Q: Had colon resection of sigmoid 11/14/08, moderately diff. adenocarcinoma, 4.5 cm., grade 2, thru ...
A: Most are just technicalities. But CEA should be followed as it MAY signal a return of your cancer. ...
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| Stage II colon cancer | 12/26/2008 |
Q: Had colon resection of sigmoid 11/14/08, moderately diff. adenocarcinoma, 4.5 cm., grade 2, thru ...
A: Well you definitely should have chemo therapy. But I have no opinion on which of these 2 therapies ...
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| colon cancer | 12/22/2008 |
Q: After coloscopy and subsequent biopsy, the result reads as follows: Tubulovillous adenoma with high ...
A: There is of course always a possibility that the diagnosis was wrong. Though that risk is small. ...
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| Family History | 12/21/2008 |
Q: I am 26 years old, my father and his brother both had colon cancer by age 30. My grandfather,(my ...
A: Your colon cancer risk must be considered to be high though I can not present any exact figures. No ...
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| colon cancer | 12/20/2008 |
Q: After coloscopy and subsequent biopsy, the result reads as follows: Tubulovillous adenoma with high ...
A: It is NOT a cancer. But it was moving in the direction of becoming one. It has however been removed ...
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| low grade dysplasia in colon and progression to colon cncer | 12/19/2008 |
Q: I have ulcerative colitis for over 12 years of which it was very active during the past 2 1/2 years. ...
A: Ulcerative colitis always increases the risk of colon cancer - also after the moment your illness ...
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| 44-year-old colon cancer | 12/16/2008 |
Q: My husband just recently had a polyp removed that looked benign, but when sent to the pathologist ...
A: It means that his cancer had invaded lymph vessels leading to local lymph nodes. So yes that means ...
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| Wedge resection VS. lobectomy for pulmonary metastases from colon. | 12/15/2008 |
Q: My mother-in-law was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003. She underwent a colon resection 1/04. Her ...
A: To answer your question I do not only need to be a cancer expert but also an expert of thoracic ...
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| colon cancer | 12/13/2008 |
Q: My mother in law 86 with moderate dimentia had a colonoscopy on Oct. 1. A lesion was found. She ...
A: You can not just give "some" radiation. For it to have significant effect you have to come up to ...
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| Colorectal cancer - tumor size? | 12/13/2008 |
Q: My father's colonoscopy, yesterday, revealed an "ulcerated mass." Today's MRI reassured us that ...
A: It is perhaps not very probable but I can not say that it is impossible. In order to better ...
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| colon cancer | 12/12/2008 |
Q: My mother in law 86 with moderate dimentia had a colonoscopy on Oct. 1. A lesion was found. She ...
A: So it is in her rectum! The text book treatment would be 1. colostomy, 2. radiation therapy for over ...
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| STAGE 4 COLON CNACER W/ NUMVEROUS LIVER METS | 12/12/2008 |
Q: My husband has had three sessions of chemo (5fu and folfox). CEA at the beginning was 334, now it is ...
A: If he stops his medication (except pain killers) this will kill him. It probably will anyway unless ...
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| colon cancer | 12/12/2008 |
Q: Sir, My aunt is in 4th stage of Colon Cancer.she is battling with pain which she has in her right ...
A: From your description it is obvious that her cancer has spread to at least her liver. AND that it is ...
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| colon cancer | 12/12/2008 |
Q: My mother in law 86 with moderate dimentia had a colonoscopy on Oct. 1. A lesion was found. She ...
A: To be able to answer correctly I need to know where in her colon this lesion is located? If in her ...
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| Radiotherapy after Chemotherapy for colon | 12/10/2008 |
Q: I am a male aged 64. I had a succesful operation I am told removing all the tumour of a grade 111. 8 ...
A: Well yes if that is correct it is a rectal tumor. But the best effect would have been achieved if ...
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| Radiotherapy after Chemotherapy for colon | 12/10/2008 |
Q: I am a male aged 64. I had a succesful operation I am told removing all the tumour of a grade 111. 8 ...
A: It all comes down to what kind of colon cancer did you have or rather where was it located? If in ...
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| Stage 4 bowel cancer and secondaries | 12/9/2008 |
Q: My aunt (65) was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer two months ago and yesterday received the ...
A: Without any treatment her survival time can probably be measured in months to around a year. With ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage 4 | 12/9/2008 |
Q: My FATHER IS IN STAGE 4 OF COLON CANCER. THE CANCER HAS SPREAD TO HIS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. HE IS ...
A: Unfortunately in this situation his remaining survival time can probably at most be measured in ...
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| Blood on toilet paper | 12/5/2008 |
Q: When I wiped on the toilet paper today, I had a spot the size of an eraser show up. This has been ...
A: I received your question 2 times (identical questions). Both were answered. The first one with the ...
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| Stage III colon cancer after clear colonoscopy | 12/4/2008 |
Q: In 2006 I had a clear colonoscopy done. The doctor told me to come back in 5-10 years (age 63). ...
A: A healthy life style does not offer any guarantees unfortunately only lower risks. I personally ...
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| Stage III colon cancer after clear colonoscopy | 12/4/2008 |
Q: In 2006 I had a clear colonoscopy done. The doctor told me to come back in 5-10 years (age 63). ...
A: I have to say that a time interval of 5 to 10 years is FAR too long! Was your CEA level in your ...
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| CEA index on Colon Cancer | 12/4/2008 |
Q: My mum in 2004 was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer; she had a surgery with 1 radiotherapy cycle. ...
A: Well it is certainly not a good sign, especially as it has increased by around 60% from the previous ...
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| Stage III or Stage II colon Cancer | 12/3/2008 |
Q: My father went into an operation to remove the colon tumor . After six months and at the time of ...
A: It all depends on where those tumour traces were found! So he is probably a stage III (3) but may be ...
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| colon cancer | 11/26/2008 |
Q: My husband is 39 years old and three days ago he had a colonoscopy done and they found ten polyps ...
A: A most unwise decision! Shortly and plainly sooner or later it will kill him. Of course it may kill ...
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| Colon Cancer | 11/26/2008 |
Q: My father is 73 years of age. He had a stroke 12 years ago but had been in relatively good health ...
A: Well if left untreated it will be messy! He will sooner or later need at least a surgical colostomy ...
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| Colon cancer | 11/25/2008 |
Q: My dad was operated 32 years ago of a colon cancer without chemotherapy afterwards; he has been ...
A: Personally I think a NEW cancer is FAR more probable! But I do not KNOW if that is the case. Well, ...
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| colon cancer & restless legs | 11/24/2008 |
Q: My 76 yr old mom-in-law found out 10-9-2008 she has stage 4 colon cancer. Tumor on outside of colon, ...
A: This is somewhat outside my area of expertise here but as far as I know there is no good medication ...
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| Colon Cancer | 11/23/2008 |
Q: My beloved (28+ years old) has recently affected by Colon cancer. His surgery is already completed ...
A: Unfortunately except for doing the chemotherapy there is not much he can do to stop his cancer from ...
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| rectal cancer | 11/23/2008 |
Q: Roughly, how long does my daughter have to live and what can I expect as far as last days ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Since her cancer has spread to her brain her survival ...
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| Colorectal cancer | 11/21/2008 |
Q: My Dad is 65 years old and was diagnosed with CRC 5 years ago. Node negative with no Mets at that ...
A: Well his cancer is probably coming back. If you by pelvic area mean his bones there he would now be ...
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| chemotherapy side effects | 11/20/2008 |
Q: lundquist, first of all thanks a lot that you take your time in answering us.my mother (78) was ...
A: My name is Nordquist not Lundquist! Without having access to all her laboratory results it is ...
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| narrow and bloody stools | 11/20/2008 |
Q: I've recently been experiencing some bowel problems. Every now and then I go between being ...
A: It may be nothing serious but yet again it may indeed be serious and we do not know. To know, which ...
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| melonoma | 11/18/2008 |
Q: my father in law was just diganosed with melanoma , he had surgery in 98 for a strange mole and now ...
A: Well, both patients and tumors are individuals not identical copies/clones so time predictions are ...
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| Colon Cancer Side Effect | 11/18/2008 |
Q: My husband has 280MG of Oxaliplatin every three weeks. The last two sessions when the treatment was ...
A: Being in a case like this always a less than completely informed back seat driver I always avoid ...
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| melonoma | 11/17/2008 |
Q: my father in law was just diganosed with melanoma , he had surgery in 98 for a strange mole and now ...
A: Yes unfortunately he is now a stage 4 case. Probably his survival time now can be measured in months ...
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| Colon Cancer - Alternative Treatment | 11/15/2008 |
Q: I am a 53 year old male and was diagnosed with Colon Cancer 2 months ago. I am opting out of surgery ...
A: Unfortunately I have to agree with your family! There is NO so called "natural treatment" with ANY ...
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| squamous cell anal cancer | 11/14/2008 |
Q: I have been diagnose by biopsy & ct scan with squamous cell cancer that appears to rise from the ...
A: Well I do have a bio page here presenting all facts about me. That page is there for a reason namely ...
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| squamous cell anal cancer | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I have been diagnose by biopsy & ct scan with squamous cell cancer that appears to rise from the ...
A: A bag is most probably necessary! Dear Sandi, I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is NOT my ...
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| No idea when/what to expect | 11/11/2008 |
Q: My mom 3,000 miles away was diagnosed with rectal cancer 10 years ago and did nothing about it. She ...
A: this was a hard one! It is difficult to imagine a patient to be still around after 10 years with a ...
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| Colon Cancer | 11/10/2008 |
Q: , I am sorry to bother you with this question. My father 65 years old has been diagnosed with Colon ...
A: Merci beaucoup monsieur! Unfortunately my French of today is very rusty, I have not studied French ...
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| Colon Cancer | 11/8/2008 |
Q: my sister has been diagnosed with Colon cancer last year and has gone through 12 chemotherapy ...
A: Unfortunately her cancer must now be regarded as a stage 4 cancer which in principle at present is ...
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| Stem Cell Research in Gastric Cancer | 11/8/2008 |
Q: Dr Nordquist- My mother was diagnosed with gastric cancer last year and she had her stomach removed ...
A: At the moment there is no "non-traditional" treatment of any value whatever anywhere unfortunately. ...
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| colon cancer | 11/6/2008 |
Q: i am a 38 year old male with past issues of colon polyps, it has been 5 years since my last ...
A: You should have regular colonoscopies at least once per year. How to manage to do that in your ...
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| Bilateral Adnexal Mass | 11/5/2008 |
Q: I just had this report back - what does it mean? The uterus measures 7.7 x 4.8 3.7cm. There is a ...
A: What to do is something that any and every (your own included) gynecologist should know! Especially ...
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| CEA Test Result | 11/4/2008 |
Q: We were offered the opportunity to participate in a Health Fair where I work. In the past 2 years I ...
A: It is possible that this indicates something malignant though it probably has nothing to do with ...
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| Stage IV colon cancer metastisized to lungs and liver | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I am a 48 year old woman who went in for a total hysterectomy in July 2008. No reason for it other ...
A: Both patients and cancers are individuals not identical clones/copies so all time frames are more or ...
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| cea levels | 10/30/2008 |
Q: My 46 year old brother in law was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer with diffuse mets to ...
A: There are 2 possible interpretations. 1. His tumor IS spreading like wild fire, or 2. His treatment ...
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| Anal Fistula | 10/30/2008 |
Q: About 5 years ago I developed my first anal fistula. A fistulotomy was performed and it recurred ...
A: If you do have an inflammatory bowel illness (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis) as the cause ...
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| Anal removal after colostomy for cancer and radiation therapy | 10/26/2008 |
Q: A friend has had infections in anal area after colon cancer and colostomy. He is to have anal ...
A: Please clarify your question. He has had a colon cancer? In his rectum? Does he have a colostomy ...
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| colon cancer | 10/22/2008 |
Q: My dad had colon cancer 6 years ago they removed the tumor and he went thru 6 months of cemo he did ...
A: Because the cancer obviously came from his colon, it did not start in his lungs. It is one of the ...
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| Distended abdomen colon cancer precursor? | 10/22/2008 |
Q: I began developing a quite pronounced belly in my early 40's. I am now fifty. I began exercising and ...
A: Yes genes are a factor in colon cancer and with this kind of family history you should undergo ...
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| liver resection | 10/20/2008 |
Q: I'm writing in regards to my friend. He is 40yrs old and was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer, ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist NOT a surgeon which you probably need to be in order ...
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| squamous cell anal cancer | 10/19/2008 |
Q: I have been diagnose by biopsy & ct scan with squamous cell cancer that appears to rise from the ...
A: That small change does not really matter much if at all and can be adjusted along the way if ...
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| mother died of radiation therapy | 10/18/2008 |
Q: My mother had anal cancer stage III. She had chemo radiation at the same time. Used 5-FU, mytomicin ...
A: I'm very sorry for your loss! However, I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is NOT my first ...
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| colon cancer for conery artery patient | 10/17/2008 |
Q: my dad 72 yrs old had digsnised big tumer in colon(moderate diff abdcarcoma) after enocopy before 5 ...
A: With 4 stents AND diabetes his heart is obviously in a bad condition (otherwise his stents would not ...
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| colon cancer RDW | 10/15/2008 |
Q: I am a 45 year old female diagnosed with colon cancer. I had a colon resection and the lymph ...
A: Your blood cell levels are NOT significant with regards to your tumor at all. The reason why your ...
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| stage IV colon cancer - odd mets | 10/15/2008 |
Q: My father is 61 and was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer 3 years ago. He stopped chemo in March ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems! I think his tumor unfortunately is now too big ...
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| Colon Cancer leading to liver failure | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I am a third year international (from Sweden)nursing student, who are doing my Bachelor of Nursing ...
A: Du kan skriva till mig på svenska eftersom jag är svensk jag med. Men eftersom Du skrivit på ...
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| regarding endoscopy test | 10/11/2008 |
Q: from past 2 moths she is telling some itching sensation near the chest. she has undergone ...
A: What kind of endoscopy do you mean? Bronchoscopy? Mediastinoscopy? To answer I need to know that. ...
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| Colon Cancer stage IV metastasis to liver | 10/10/2008 |
Q: My 79 year old mother had colon cancer surgery July 2007. She had two tumors in her colon-they ...
A: With her cancer all through her liver and no therapy it is most improbable that she will live much ...
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| father stage 4 colon cancer | 10/5/2008 |
Q: My father is 64 and was diagnosed with colon cancer 41/2 yrs ago. It went to the stomach and now the ...
A: This is a very serious situation and I fear a bad outcome. There is in principle no upper level to ...
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| precancerous polyp | 10/1/2008 |
Q: How old does a polyp have to be, on average, to be precancerous?
A: All colon polyps are potentially precancerous since all can as they grow develop into a cancer. ...
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| colon cancer state 4 dead tumors? | 9/29/2008 |
Q: My husband is 54 and has had uclerative colits for years and receiving remacade infusion medication ...
A: Yes it is - so far - very rare. I do not want to spoil the good news but I do have to point out that ...
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| Colon Cancer Recurrance (I hope not) | 9/29/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed in Mar. 07 with colon cancer. He did radiation, chemo and then the surgery ...
A: Was his cancer a rectal cancer? So that his radiation therapy before surgery was given to his anal ...
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| progressive disease of colon cancer/met kidney, liver | 9/29/2008 |
Q: Boyfriend 45, diagnosed 2003, was in clinical study (cat pet scan findings are: progressive disease, ...
A: Well if it is in one of his adrenal glands it is to some extent around the top of that kidney. No it ...
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| progressive disease of colon cancer/met kidney, liver | 9/28/2008 |
Q: Boyfriend 45, diagnosed 2003, was in clinical study (cat pet scan findings are: progressive disease, ...
A: Your boy friend has so far survived 5 years of a colon cancer that according to your question has ...
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| RECTAL BLEEDING / OVAL SHAPED BM | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I also have the pinkish bllod on TP signs. A previous questioner asked about the oval shaped and ...
A: That is possible. The most important thing is however if there is blood or not in the stools - even ...
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| Colon/Liver/Bone | 9/22/2008 |
Q: Mu mother as you are aware has a primary of the Colon, secondary of the liver, and now also has ...
A: Well, I still can fly though there are difficulties. But you ARE right, this is not a decision to ...
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| colon rectal cancer | 9/20/2008 |
Q: my aunt told us she had colon rectal cancer July 2007, with tumors inside and outside of the rectum. ...
A: Impossible to say with any certainty without a lot more information. But if she indeed needs this ...
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| Stage 3C Colon Cancer | 9/19/2008 |
Q: My mother in law was diagnosed with stage 3c colon cancer. She had surgery and took out a part of ...
A: Chemo therapy is NECESSARY to improve her chances of a cure but unfortunately it is not a guarantee. ...
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| CEA levels during or after radiation therapy | 9/19/2008 |
Q: She just finished on Wednesday a round of 15 days of radiation. Her CEA levels prior to radiation ...
A: Well radiation effects may make this level less representative. I think we should wait a little (a ...
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| precancerous polyps | 9/18/2008 |
Q: I was told last night by my GI doctor that they found precancerous polyps during my last ...
A: That depends on how many polyps were found and their degree of "precancerousness". Of those facts ...
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| Tumor Mass in Cecum and spots on Liver | 9/13/2008 |
Q: I am in the hospital today with my husband as he had severe stomach pains. After a CAT Scan, they ...
A: A colon cancer hardly grows that fast, so it was most probably present - though somewhat smaller - ...
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| flat stool and low b12 and iron | 9/8/2008 |
Q: Most of my life I have had issues with my bowel movements. I go from constipation to diarhia to ...
A: Your lack of vitamin B12 may be due to that you have developed a so called pernicious anemia but ...
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| soy protien | 9/4/2008 |
Q: my husband does not have colon cancer it is in his small bawl.his docter said it is very rare, i ...
A: Cancer of the small bowel is indeed rare. Is it a carcinoid? To be able to answer I would need to ...
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| colon / liver / spine Cancer | 9/3/2008 |
Q: Am I right in believing that surgery on a tumor greater than 5 cm is not really undertaken, Today ...
A: From so much afar (I'm in Stockholm, Sweden) it is impossible to tell you why she is sweating. That ...
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| Swelling of legs and stomach in bowel cancer | 9/3/2008 |
Q: my grandmother is suffering from bowel cancer. It has spread to her liver and now her stomach and ...
A: The swelling is due to the fact that her cancer has spread to her liver. It may be possible to ...
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| colon cancer final stages | 9/3/2008 |
Q: My brother has just entered a hospice unit with advanced colon cancer. When he came in, his colon ...
A: If his colon was completely blocked why was he not provided surgically with at least a colostomy so ...
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| stageIV colon cancer pain management | 9/2/2008 |
Q: My brother-in-law is being prepared for hospice care as he enters in the final stages of his colon ...
A: I ALWAYS avoid detailed advice on medication here for the simple reason that I do not have all the ...
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| colon polyp | 9/1/2008 |
Q: Okay I need an expert opinion while I await biopsy results: I am am 31 year old female who just ...
A: It does happen now and then but you are right in that not that many people are checked in their ...
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| Stage IV colon cancer | 8/30/2008 |
Q: My husband at 53 years of age was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer on July 30, 2007. Multiple ...
A: Now you have given me a hard and difficult question! I recently answered 2 questions here with ...
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| cancer help | 8/30/2008 |
Q: i have cancer on the liver,lungs and colon. i cant afford kemo. is there any help for me?
A: What kind of cancer are we discussing? Colon cancer that has spread to your lungs and liver? Chemo ...
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| colon / liver / spine Cancer | 8/27/2008 |
Q: Am I right in believing that surgery on a tumor greater than 5 cm is not really undertaken, Today ...
A: I'm not a surgeon but I see no real reason why your mother's primary colon cancer could not or ...
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| Recurrent colon cancer | 8/26/2008 |
Q: In January 2006, when my mother was 46 years old she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The ...
A: Well cancer cells may have come out at the same time from her tumor. Yes at least in theory the ...
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| HAI Success | 8/26/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon with Mets to the Liver. I have been through Chemo, Surgery, etc. ...
A: T1 & T2 are just MRI technicalities that should not be of any concern. If your dr. can resect these ...
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| Recurrent colon cancer | 8/26/2008 |
Q: In January 2006, when my mother was 46 years old she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The ...
A: It is impossible to give you any kind of statistical or probability evaluation of her case it is too ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 8/25/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with Colon Cancer in June of 2007. When doing surgery to remove it they ...
A: No they did not but let me point out that the quality of life of someone dying of advanced colon ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 8/25/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with Colon Cancer in June of 2007. When doing surgery to remove it they ...
A: there is NO alternative "natural" medication that works in a case like this. Chemo therapy MAY work ...
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| colon cancer spreading to the Kidney's | 8/24/2008 |
Q: I have a 42 year old daughter who has been diagnosed with Color Cancer,(Last Friday,) . She has been ...
A: Well we do not know how long she has had her colon cancer. So it is impossible to judge how fast it ...
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| Regarding CEA level | 8/24/2008 |
Q: my father is 65 years old & suffered ca colon since may2007.he 'd got sigmoid colectomy in may 2007. ...
A: 1.In general the CEA level is proportional to the total tumor volume. The liver lesions may be only ...
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| colon cancer???? | 8/24/2008 |
Q: i am 23 years old and have always had problems with my bowels since i could remember, i hold my ...
A: You are VERY young for any risks of a colon cancer and if you know that you have heorrhoids those ...
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| untreated stage iv colon cancer | 8/20/2008 |
Q: My father has been recently diagnosed with stage iv colon cancer with metastasis to the liver (8 ...
A: Honestly I recommend that his primary cancer - if possible - should be surgically removed. Since a ...
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| husban with colom vancer spread to pelvis | 8/20/2008 |
Q: My husband is 46 yrs old with no other medical problems other than his colon cancer. On his ...
A: If indeed his colon cancer has spread to his pelvic bones his cancer is now a stage 4 colon cancer. ...
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| What to do | 8/19/2008 |
Q: I am a 19 year old female. I have rectal bleeding but only if I walk somewhere for a long period of ...
A: Well obesity can indeed increase your risks of it! But hardly at the age of 19! However your obesity ...
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| HAI Success | 8/19/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon with Mets to the Liver. I have been through Chemo, Surgery, etc. ...
A: 1. Your case is actually not unique. Over the years here I have had a number of similar questions. ...
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| prognosis | 8/18/2008 |
Q: My mother, who is 77, was diagnosed with Stage IV rectal cancer last week. Metastases to both ...
A: Surgery is a possibility but not as a cure since her cancer has spread to another distant organ (her ...
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| need help | 8/17/2008 |
Q: I had Colin cancer in 2004 which was also in my appendix which was completely gone and had surgery ...
A: Well your liver is enlarged (bigger than normal) and shows fat changes (are you obese or consume ...
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| Sessile Polyp!!! What does it mean? | 8/16/2008 |
Q: Had a incomplete colonoscopy (reason for colonoscopy: weight loss, change in bowel movements, ...
A: Please see my previous reply! I doubt very much that your polyp is blocking your bowel. You are most ...
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| Sessile Polyp Scare!!! | 8/16/2008 |
Q: Had an incomplete colonoscopy (reason: weight loss, bm changes, fatigue, elevated CEA of 5.9) then ...
A: Why was your colonoscopy incomplete? This is not an extremely large polyp (0.8 inch x 1 inch x less ...
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| Untreated Liver mets | 8/15/2008 |
Q: My husband was dx 1/15/08 with Stage IV CRC with Liver Mets. He underwent colon resection and liver ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your problems! It is impossible to predict survival times with any ...
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| Colon Transplant | 8/14/2008 |
Q: I live in Pakistan. My Sister is 23 years old and for about 6years she is been suffering "Large ...
A: I'm sorry but I doubt that a colon transplantation would be a good solution for your sister. To be ...
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| My 60 year old dad has been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I have a letter from the hospital it states my dad has been under the care of the Vanderbilt ...
A: With these symptoms and his general condition I'm wondering if his cancer also has spread to his ...
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| colon camcer | 8/13/2008 |
Q: i have a friend who has stage 4 colon cancer. she had to have colon out(don't know much)but her ...
A: I can not tell you what is possible, no one can! These are rather new unchartered waters we do not ...
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| Stage 4 Colectoral - Folfox treatments | 8/12/2008 |
Q: Good Day, My mother is 54 years old and was diagnosed as stage 4 Colon cancers, she had mets to ...
A: Well, I have as a principle here that details of the medication and decisions with regards to it is ...
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| Colon Cancer with Mets to Liver | 8/11/2008 |
Q: I was originally diagnosed with Colon Cancer with Mets to the Liver in March of 2008. I was told ...
A: Well I recently answered a lady here with regards to her husband. He has been under now and then ...
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| Colon/Liver cancer and sever stomach cramps | 8/9/2008 |
Q: My mother (75 years old) had severe stomach cramps which usually surfaced shortly after eating. So, ...
A: Even with cancer in her liver I doubt very much that she could further harm her liver as long as she ...
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| 10mm sessile polyp/tubolarvillus | 8/9/2008 |
Q: After a recent colonoscopy I was told i had 2 small polyps in my lower colon that were removed but ...
A: I can hardly argue with a surgeon who has reviewed your case - which I most certainly have not! You ...
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| Colon Cancer with Mets to Liver | 8/8/2008 |
Q: I was originally diagnosed with Colon Cancer with Mets to the Liver in March of 2008. I was told ...
A: It is not just a matter of the number of lesions and their size but also of their location. You are ...
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| wifes' liver surgery | 8/8/2008 |
Q: Good morning Doctor, My wife had about 60% of her liver removed about over 3 months ago. They said ...
A: This situation happens now and then. What kind of cancer did the pathologist say it was? Better ...
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| Colon, Liver & bone cancer | 8/7/2008 |
Q: Sir, My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer as her primary and liver cancer as her secondary ...
A: If it is smaller now it MAY in fact be operable now. That is no solution for her liver lesion. For ...
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| high CEA | 8/5/2008 |
Q: my dearest friend has Stage IV colon cancer. She had to have surgery 1 month ago simply to remove ...
A: Unfortunately that is probable - or not working well enough! Her CEA level is proportional to her ...
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| Colon Cancer | 8/5/2008 |
Q: 72 mother in law just had a tumor removed size of large fist that had perforation of colon, they had ...
A: If it has perforated her colon I would anyway like to call it a stage 3. If indeed it has spread ...
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| recurrent metastatic colon cancer | 8/5/2008 |
Q: My husband has been dealing with metastatic colon cancer for six years now. He has had part of his ...
A: I'll be very honest with you. Your husband's drs. are vague for a reason. They do not know! Nor do I ...
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| Colon cancer progression | 8/4/2008 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer about two and half years ago. It had spread to her liver ...
A: Both are actually possible. Isoenzyme studies of her alkaline phosphatase can show if it is of bone ...
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| Colon Cancer | 8/3/2008 |
Q: My dear friend is 36 years old and last November she found out that she has colon cancer that has ...
A: Unfortunately it is next to impossible to predict survival times with any accuracy in situations ...
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| Colon Cancer Question | 8/3/2008 |
Q: My wife, age 45, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in July '07 with mets to the ovaries, ...
A: Well oncology is progressing all the time. But findings like this are still rare. The sister of a ...
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| Tubular adenoma in colon | 8/2/2008 |
Q: I had a colon polyp at 17.0 cm removed. The final pathological diagnosis was tubular adenoma. The ...
A: If no cancer was found in this polyp - as it seems - there is no cause for immediate concern! ...
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| TUBULAR ADEMONA POSITIVE FOR HIGH GRADE DYSPLASIA | 8/1/2008 |
Q: I was recently diagnosed with a "tubular adenoma" of the rectum (adenomatous polyp)that was ...
A: Well I do not agree that this is the same as if you indeed had cancer. What you had was "severe high ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage four can it be cured? | 8/1/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with colon cancer in March 2008, and immediately had a colon resection. I started ...
A: Unfortunately I see no alternative to your treatment. I can not promise that your lung lesions will ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage 4 - need help | 7/31/2008 |
Q: My 38 year old sister was diagnosed with colon cancer mets to liver about 1 year ago. During that ...
A: You must understand that my available information is very limited, so my reply is more or less an ...
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| STAGE 4 COLON CANCER | 7/30/2008 |
Q: MY FAMILY MEMBER IS 34 YEARS OLD AND HAS COLON CANCER STAGE IV. THE CANCEROUS TUMOR WAS REMOVED FROM ...
A: In the long run his prognosis is bad. His cancer can at present not be cured with chemo therapy. But ...
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| Bowel problems | 7/29/2008 |
Q: My mum who is 82 has had divurticulitis for years and she used to get flare ups every month or so. ...
A: A CT scan can not compete with a colonoscopy though of course it is better than nothing. A colon ...
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| My cea is 4.2 | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I went in for a pap and had blood work and I got a call yesterday saying my cea in my colon was ...
A: A colonoscopy will most probably be suggested in order to make sure if there is any sign of a colon ...
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| Colon cancer progression | 7/29/2008 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer about two and half years ago. It had spread to her liver ...
A: It is rarely the primary tumor that kills the patient. Usually a cancer kills by spreading to other ...
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| Colon cancer progression | 7/29/2008 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer about two and half years ago. It had spread to her liver ...
A: In this situation her cancer is at present incurable. But chemo therapy can slow down any progress ...
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| Colon Cancer | 7/29/2008 |
Q: My husbands appendix burst and they found cancer in the stem. For prevention they now have taken the ...
A: He MAY suffer hair loss (temporary), nausea, even vomiting (less probable today than before) and ...
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| Stage IV Colorectal & Stage III ovarian | 7/28/2008 |
Q: In a nutshell, my sister is undergoing cancer treatment at the Curie Institute in Paris. She was in ...
A: Well of course you may take her to the MD Anderson. However, since you have asked me I have to give ...
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| Another tumor in Liver | 7/28/2008 |
Q: I have asked a few questions previously and want you to know how much I appreciate what you do for ...
A: Well, I'm not surprised as this was very probable unfortunately. It may be meant as a cure procedure ...
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| Gardner's Syndrome Questions | 7/28/2008 |
Q: I have a family history of Gardner's Syndrome ... and although there is more information available ...
A: I'll try to answer your questions in the order they appear. 1. If your younger brother does not seem ...
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| Colon Cancer | 7/28/2008 |
Q: My husbands appendix burst and they found cancer in the stem. For prevention they now have taken the ...
A: With a stage 2 and grade 2 tumor his chances are not bad but as usual when cancer is involved no ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage IV/Mets to Lung | 7/24/2008 |
Q: my sister has Stage IV Colon/Rectal Cancer. Sept. of 2007 she had surgery, then this past April she ...
A: If her cancer has spread to somewhere - as here - it has probably also spread to elsewhere, even if ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage IV/Mets to Lung | 7/24/2008 |
Q: my sister has Stage IV Colon/Rectal Cancer. Sept. of 2007 she had surgery, then this past April she ...
A: Unfortunately in this situation her prognosis is most probably wery bad. Therapy with surgery, ...
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| Ca caecum | 7/23/2008 |
Q: Diagnosed a case of Ca caecum on 15.06.08. Underwent right radical hemicolectomy with omentectomy on ...
A: Due to the location of your tumor and other factors the best tests to follow are CEA, liver tests ...
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| Early sign of colon problem?? | 7/23/2008 |
Q: 27 year old male with a family history of colon cancer, IBS and diverticulis: here is my current ...
A: If you have a family history of inflammatory bowel syndrome - I hate acronyms/abbreviations in ...
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| Rectal Cancer | 7/23/2008 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with Rectal cancer, Stage 4, it has gone to her lungs and liver. They are ...
A: Both cancers and patients are individuals not identical copies/clones. So this early it is ...
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| Devestating Pain Right side (front/back) when rising or bending | 7/23/2008 |
Q: In May as I tried to roll up into a sitting position while lying on my right side in a hotel bed I ...
A: Just by your description it is impossible to tell you what this is. The best way to find out is that ...
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| POST COLON CANCER, please help!!!! | 7/21/2008 |
Q: 10 years ago my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. He rec. chemo, radiation and underwent ...
A: I do not think this has anything to do with cancer now. It is a post cancer & post therapy ...
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| volva surgery/radiation damage | 7/20/2008 |
Q: I had cancer squamus of the barthland gland 1995 I had the most radiation a person can have in a ...
A: Unfortunately if a very high radiation dose was necessary in order to cure you - and if this ...
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| CEA test results | 7/18/2008 |
Q: I am a 72-year-old male in excellent health who is distrustful of "conventional" medicine. Before I ...
A: You MAY have just a lab. aberration, in which case there is no danger. But I can not be sure of ...
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| Colon Cancer | 7/18/2008 |
Q: My father is 75 years old was diagnosed with colon cancer (poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, ...
A: After this time a new colonoscopy should not be much of a problem. His liver lab. tests however ...
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| colon & liver cancer death | 7/18/2008 |
Q: My husband just died from colon and liver cancer and I am having a hard time getting any information ...
A: Well with these findings it is clear that 1. he had a colon cancer. 2. Such cancers often bleed ...
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| Colon Cancer | 7/17/2008 |
Q: My father is 75 years old was diagnosed with colon cancer (poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, ...
A: Yes unfortunately it is possible. CEA is not a sure method. In this case since it NEVER showed any ...
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| Colon or Rectal Cancer? | 7/16/2008 |
Q: My sister was feeling bloated, had blood in her stools and just feeling uncomfortable. They ...
A: I would not be able to answer that unless I have read all her full reports. If it is in her rectum ...
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| 5 years after colon cancer | 7/12/2008 |
Q: I am 59 and was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer 5 years ago. Reached my 5 year "get out of here ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of colon cancer treatment NOT a ...
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| colon cancer | 7/10/2008 |
Q: my dad had a colonoscopy yesterday and the dr. saw a mass. he did not do a biopsy he referred my dad ...
A: Well his cancer seems from your description to be rather advanced so speed is probably important in ...
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| Maybe? Colon Cancer.. | 7/9/2008 |
Q: A few months ago I was diagnosed with IBS by my GP caused by very bad anxiety, But he didn't test ...
A: The risk at your age is VERY small. However to get a diagnosis a colonoscopy SHOULD be done! If the ...
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| colon cancer possibility | 7/8/2008 |
Q: My Dad who will be 99 years old in October has successfully fought off two bouts of colon cancer, ...
A: That is quite doubtful! I'm sorry to bother you with an appeal for help. I know that it is exactly ...
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| colon cancer possibility | 7/7/2008 |
Q: My Dad who will be 99 years old in October has successfully fought off two bouts of colon cancer, ...
A: Well, colon cancers are usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy so that is not much of an ...
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| colon cancer final stages | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I believe my mother is in final stages of colon cancer. Diagnosed 5 years ago, removal of tumor and ...
A: Unfortunately she obviously has a stage 4 colon cancer. At present that is incurable. Due to surgery ...
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| Effect of radiation on stool size | 7/5/2008 |
Q: We corresponded in late March (2008) regarding my husband who at age 45 was dx's with stage iv ...
A: I'm sorry you have had these problems with his therapy! Radiation therapy to the rectum always ...
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| Colon/Stomach cancer | 6/28/2008 |
Q: About 9 months ago I had a lot of stress on the job and lost some weight because I wasn't as ...
A: CT scans and ultrasound scans are not good methods for finding a stomach cancer. The best method is ...
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| tubulovillous adenomas 3 cinn | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I am 55 and had a tubulovillous adenomas 3 cinn taken out of me 1 month ago,Mom died after 5 years ...
A: Since your dr. has seen you and your problem I think it would be best for you if you follow her ...
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| tubulovillous adenomas 3 cinn | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I am 55 and had a tubulovillous adenomas 3 cinn taken out of me 1 month ago,Mom died after 5 years ...
A: With regards to your colon, since it seems that your problem with this was TEMPORARILY solved one ...
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| Recurring Colon Cancer | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with colon cancer in October of 2005. I had successful surgery, did 12 chemo ...
A: That is unfortunately quite possible (that it may be an ongoing process). Your local tumor in your ...
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| colon cancer | 6/25/2008 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, Forgive the lack of information I have. My uncle was diagnosed with Colon cancer ...
A: If it has spread to his liver it is automatically a stage 4 colon cancer, which is the worst it can ...
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| blood after bowel movement | 6/22/2008 |
Q: since i was born iv suffered from constipation. over the last six weeks i have been suffering from ...
A: In this situation I STRONGLY do suggest that you let a gastroenterologist check you including a ...
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| Colon cancer | 6/22/2008 |
Q: since more follow ups were not allowed on this issue i had to generate a new question, provided i ...
A: 1. It can indeed kill cancer cells. However it can not be guaranteed that it will kill them all. The ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage II | 6/20/2008 |
Q: My brother-in-law has under gone for the surgery colon cancer in india.His age is 45 yrs.After the ...
A: He may be cured! And then he should be able to expect a normal life span. But I can not guarantee ...
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| colon cancer | 6/17/2008 |
Q: my sister hosptialize cause recutum bleeding they find aspot on her colon,and liver,and a sis on ...
A: If they have indeed found a cancer in her colon/rectum and there are suspected lesions in her liver ...
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| Stage IV recurrent colon cancer | 6/11/2008 |
Q: My friend has Stage IV recurrent colon cancer - diagnosed in August 2006 with mets to liver and ...
A: We already know that her cancer has spread all over so if it also has spread to her bones is ...
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| Thank You For Your Help | 6/10/2008 |
Q: Bless you for your assistance. My husband has been recently diagnosed with Metastatic Poorly ...
A: This is a very aggressive cancer unfortunately. T4 means that the cancer is very advanced in its ...
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| Findings............ | 6/10/2008 |
Q: My father recently had a routine colonoscopy and they found a 1cm polyp that came back ...
A: That was a HARD one actually. I did some soul searching and found to my astonishment that if I ...
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| colon cancer | 6/6/2008 |
Q: my mother 9 months ago had a large tumor removed from here large intestine , was told she was cancer ...
A: The name you mention is unknown to me - but I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first ...
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| sessile polyps | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I had a colonoscopy today (my first one was 5 yrs. ago) The doctor took 6 sessile polyps from the ...
A: Well, they were all rather small (the cancer risk increases with size) so your risk is most probably ...
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| colon cancer | 6/4/2008 |
Q: MY uncle got a colon cancer 3 and half years ago.He got it on his rectum he removed the tumor and ...
A: Well if not the final stage he is anyway rapidly approaching it. With a cancer that has spread like ...
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| 83 yr old mother...had surgery for colon cancer | 6/3/2008 |
Q: My 83 year old mom had stage III colon surgery on March 4. The surgeon left about one foot of colon ...
A: Any cancer connection to this fluid build up has to be excluded (best by cytological tests of the ...
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| Colon Cancer Back | 5/31/2008 |
Q: my brother who is very young 36 had colon cancer 9 months ago. His doctor removed the tumor and ...
A: That type of colonic cancer is well known. It may be less sensitive to chemo therapy BUT unless his ...
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| Colon Cancer Back | 5/30/2008 |
Q: my brother who is very young 36 had colon cancer 9 months ago. His doctor removed the tumor and ...
A: A cancer can in principle spread to anywhere in the body so though pancreas is not a usual or common ...
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| do i need a colonoscopy? | 5/30/2008 |
Q: I had a screening colonoscopy 3-1/2 years ago with no polyps, a few small internal hemorrhoids and ...
A: It most probably is NOT a cancer based on the information you have given! However cancer is not the ...
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| do i need a colonoscopy? | 5/29/2008 |
Q: I had a screening colonoscopy 3-1/2 years ago with no polyps, a few small internal hemorrhoids and ...
A: Honestly I do not know what is was if not blood. To be on the safe side I think that you should have ...
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| CEA levels | 5/29/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer with liver mets in Sept. 06. Since then he has ...
A: By giving it directly to the liver (via blood vessels to it) you can give much higher dosages of ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer Nausea | 5/28/2008 |
Q: My mother in law was diagnosed about a year ago with stage IV colon cancer. She went through her ...
A: First of all colon cancers are usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy so unfortunately I do ...
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| CEA levels | 5/28/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer with liver mets in Sept. 06. Since then he has ...
A: Since his CEA is steadily increasing according to your question I'm not sure his chemo therapy is ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 5/24/2008 |
Q: A young woman (40) in my family has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She had ...
A: It is always difficult to evaluate chances from afar when not all facts are available, but based on ...
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| Colon cancer | 5/22/2008 |
Q: Dir sir Thanks for your responds. I have some more additional questions. My grandma's oncologist ...
A: Well the belly checking was probably most with regards to her liver! A colonscopy again now would be ...
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| Colon cancer | 5/21/2008 |
Q: I would like to ask about my grandma (68). She was operated on the colon cancer 1,5 years ago. The ...
A: This IS serious. If indeed her cancer has spread like I suppose it has, then she is a stage 4 colon ...
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| Colon cancer | 5/21/2008 |
Q: I would like to ask about my grandma (68). She was operated on the colon cancer 1,5 years ago. The ...
A: The probable reason for her increased AND INCREASING level of CEA is that her colon cancer has ...
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| Alternative medicine vs. Grade 4 brain tumor | 5/20/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I have asked you a couple of questions in the past about my father's grade 4 anaplastic ...
A: Frankly speaking you are wasting your money. Those things will NOT work! If they did they would be ...
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| Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) | 5/20/2008 |
Q: I am a 31 yr. old Hispanic male diagnosed with high grade dysplasia in the rectum. No cancer found. ...
A: Since he does not believe that the pouch is possible what are you losing by having this ileostomy ...
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| Stave IV Colon Cancer Metastasis to Liver | 5/19/2008 |
Q: My children's father (ex-husband) was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon cancer with metastasis to the ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden so I do not know the legal situation for your children where you live. ...
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| Colorectal Canver with liver and Bone Mets - is radiation curative? | 5/19/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with Colorectal cancer with liver Mets in Oct 2006. I have completed 12 cycles of ...
A: SORRY! I NEVER interfere with the medications of ANY patient here. Only the dr. in charge has ALL ...
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| Colon Cancer Surgery... | 5/16/2008 |
Q: Just want to make it short Dr. My mom age 57 .. Diagnosed with colon cancer stage IV (nodes have ...
A: With a stage 4 colon cancer the chance of a cure is very small or non existing, but her symptoms ...
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| Colo-rectal cancer | 5/14/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, My 75-year-old Mother is currently being treated for metastacized colo-rectal cancer. It ...
A: Chemo therapy is very toxic to cancer cells, that is why it is given in order to try to kill off as ...
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| Ascites returning | 5/12/2008 |
Q: You answered my previous question and stated that Chemo therapy was the only way to deal with the ...
A: Yes diuretics may be of help - at least for some time. His liver metastases are a probable cause. ...
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| Anal Cancer | 5/5/2008 |
Q: I too had 28 treatments of radiation therapy and 2 rounds of chemo for anal cancer. It has been 8 ...
A: Has any surgical therapy been planned too? Were you not given a temporary colostomy for the duration ...
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| my dad's biopsy report | 5/2/2008 |
Q: Can you explain to me in lay mans terms whether or not my dad has cancer of the bowels or colon or ...
A: What we have here are specimens from the small bowel. They show signs of an adenoma (a non cancerous ...
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| Colon polyps | 5/2/2008 |
Q: I had a colonoscopy and had four polyps removed. None were malignant but one, just inside the anus ...
A: If these polyps have been removed completely you do not need to worry about them any more - ...
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| Colon Cancer w/Liver Mets | 4/27/2008 |
Q: My Mother (age 83) had surgery to remove colon cancer (near the cecum) in May 2006. They did not ...
A: Yes you should probably start looking for hospice. Since her cancer had spread to her liver she is ...
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| Prostate ca with bone mets | 4/25/2008 |
Q: Dr Nordquist My brother-in-law was diagnosed with prostate ca approx 1 yr ago which was confined to ...
A: That is actually very hard to tell. If his cancer responds well to hormonal treatment like it seems ...
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| cancer | 4/24/2008 |
Q: I googled this question "Cancer Count" - My mother in law has had some recent therapy and her ...
A: Sorry, I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first language. This term/name is ...
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| bowel cancer | 4/23/2008 |
Q: I there my father in law is 70 years old just found out he has bowel cancer and it has spread to his ...
A: If there are several lung lesions surgery may not be an option at all. Perhaps RFA is possible but ...
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| Perforation in Stage 1 | 4/14/2008 |
Q: A friend's father was diagnosed a week ago with Stage 1 cancer after a biopsy during a colonoscopy. ...
A: That depends on how the perforation happened. If the perforation was directly connected to his ...
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| Mets to lung but not to liver | 4/13/2008 |
Q: How common is colon cancer with 2 mets to lung, but nothing showing up currently on multiple PET and ...
A: A stage 4 (IV) cancer is a cancer that has spread to any other more distant organ. So for staging it ...
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| colonoscopy | 4/13/2008 |
Q: Back in Dec 2006 I had a colonoscopy which at that time the surgeon found multiple sessile polyps at ...
A: I doubt that your blood values have anything to do with the polyps found. The reason colonoscopies ...
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| recurrent colon cancer | 4/9/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed. with stage 3 colon cancer in 10/2006 after seeking answering regarding the extreme ...
A: Well, colon cancers (except those of the rectum) are usually not very sensitive to radiation. So I ...
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| A year of trouble..help! | 4/7/2008 |
Q: Dr. thanks for the work well done I am a female 26y years, starting last year in May, i developed ...
A: What tests and investigations have been done with regards to your urinary tract and what were their ...
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| Colon Cancer | 4/7/2008 |
Q: My grandmother has been diagnsed with a colon cancer (Intra-mucosal andreocarcenoma)with slight ...
A: This is actually more a question for a surgeon, which I'm not. I'm a medical oncologist and ...
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| Recurrence Risk after Resection | 4/5/2008 |
Q: You have been very kind in offering answers a few time to me which I first of all would like you to ...
A: Yes since his cancer has spread to both lymph nodes and to his liver the risk of a recurrency is ...
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| HNPCCC -average life expectancy for people with this gene | 4/5/2008 |
Q: I am 48 and in the past years I have had 3 operations to remove malignant tumors (small bowel, large ...
A: With this gene you can call it "old age" since cancers can appear rather early with this gene. And ...
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| Best friend with stage 4 colon cancer | 4/4/2008 |
Q: My best friend was diagnosd with stage 4 colon cancer in November'05. She had metastasis to the ...
A: Unfortunately I have to confirm that if her cancer growths in her liver makes her jaundiced she will ...
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| poorly differentiated signet cell carcinoma | 4/2/2008 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, I asked you the question regarding my brother-in-law's SRC of the ileo-caecal region. ...
A: There is no (known) connection between Hodgkin's disease and signet cell colon cancer. This early ...
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| Colon,liver and lung cancer | 4/2/2008 |
Q: My dear friend JC has been diagnosed with cancer he seems to have 2 inches in thickness tumour 16 ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! Well with this situation his prognosis is indeed very ...
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| source unknown cancer | 3/31/2008 |
Q: My 62 year old mother-in-law severe back pain has been determined to be several lesions on the ...
A: They are used BOTH to slow down the process AND to reduce symptoms! It is impossible to predict with ...
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| source unknown cancer | 3/31/2008 |
Q: My 62 year old mother-in-law severe back pain has been determined to be several lesions on the ...
A: The origin of these lesions are somewhat uncertain. It is very probable that it is her breast cancer ...
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| HNPCCC -average life expectancy for people with this gene | 3/29/2008 |
Q: I am 48 and in the past years I have had 3 operations to remove malignant tumors (small bowel, large ...
A: Actually I think it is possible to say that you so far have been able to survive to a rather old age ...
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| poorly differenciated signet ring cell carcinoma | 3/27/2008 |
Q: my brother in law about 37 years of age has recently been diagnosed with SRC carcinoma. He underwent ...
A: It is Dr. Nordquist that answers. Radiation therapy is not of much use for colon cancers since they ...
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| Initial Liver Metastasis, Treatments | 3/26/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, my sister (now 57) has had two surgeries to control colon cancer, one 7 years ago, one ...
A: With this picture a cure is less likely and "buying more time" more so unfortunately. How long that ...
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| Sessile Polyp and Sigmoid Diverticula | 3/25/2008 |
Q: I recently had a colonoscopy and they found a sessile polyp in the sigmoid colon. It's also been ...
A: Well you had polyps 10 years ago. That should have led to regular colonoscopy check ups. A new one ...
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| Sessile Polyp | 3/25/2008 |
Q: I have recently had a colonoscopy and they found a sessile polyp in the sigmoid colon. Are sessile ...
A: The important factor here is the size of a polyp - of which I know nothing in your case. The bigger ...
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| clolon cancer and dehydration | 3/24/2008 |
Q: 55 year old diagnosed two years ago with colon cancer and liver mets(too many for surgery). She has ...
A: Well if her liver metastases have grown much her liver function may be down and that can at least ...
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| Colon/Liver Resection Surgery | 3/23/2008 |
Q: On Monday, 3/17/2008, my husband has surgery for colon and liver resection. His colon tumor had ...
A: Unfortunately the risk is quite high with a medical case history like this. It can be made somewhat ...
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| bright orange urine | 3/22/2008 |
Q: My brother has Stage IV colon cancer. He has several large tumors on his liver. He is currently ...
A: If the tumors in his liver have become too big he may be approaching liver failure. That would ...
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| Initial Liver Metastasis, Treatments | 3/18/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, my sister (now 57) has had two surgeries to control colon cancer, one 7 years ago, one ...
A: Well that was a hard question! Yes usually if it has spread somewhere it is likely that it has also ...
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| rectal cancer and radiation damage years later | 3/18/2008 |
Q: I had stage 3 rectal cancer. year 1995. It was skin cancer in rectum and developed into tumor. I was ...
A: To get skeletal damage from radiation you need extremely high radiation doses. So high in fact that ...
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| Cancer cells in the omentum | 3/17/2008 |
Q: My mom went in to have a hernia repaired and a polyp removed from her colon. The colon checked out ...
A: Well with no known primary cancer and a situation where the cancer has already spread her treatment ...
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| Stage IV rectal ca w/ liver mets | 3/17/2008 |
Q: My husband was just diagnosed in Feb 2008 with stage IV rectal cancer with 6 liver mets (at least ...
A: I'm glad you have enjoyed your visits! Well his radiation therapy would be a presurgery regime so he ...
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| Stage IV rectal ca w/ liver mets | 3/17/2008 |
Q: My husband was just diagnosed in Feb 2008 with stage IV rectal cancer with 6 liver mets (at least ...
A: If normal schemes are followed the radiation therapy would be directed to his primary rectal tumor. ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 3/15/2008 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer with Liver Mets 7/29/07. Her initial results with ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! I will not deny that her situation is serious when ...
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| Stage 2 Colon Cancer | 3/15/2008 |
Q: My friend, age 51, and in very good health, recently had lapriscopic surgery to remove a tumor in ...
A: The drugs in both arms are used against colon cancer - in stages III & IV. Yes additional drugs are ...
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| colon cancer | 3/15/2008 |
Q: my grand-mother has colon cancer and she told me she has something growing on her thigh it`s the ...
A: In your question you tell me that someone has told her that it is her colon cancer that is growing ...
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| Stage 2 Colon Cancer | 3/14/2008 |
Q: My friend, age 51, and in very good health, recently had lapriscopic surgery to remove a tumor in ...
A: I agree that this is unusual. But in order to have progress new things must be tried! If this is of ...
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| Colorectal/mets to liver xeloda | 3/13/2008 |
Q: still very weak and tired all the time, not much time out of the bed. She has a colostomy which for ...
A: I have in principle nothing against the suggested Xeloda-Avastin-treatment nor with the estimated ...
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| pathology report | 3/12/2008 |
Q: I recently had a small bleeding in the colon and took a colonoscopy and I was told that a minor ...
A: It means that in your colon was found an adenoma which showed 1. development in the direction ...
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| Radiation Effects on the Colon | 3/12/2008 |
Q: My active 59 year old mother was diagnosed with Colon Cancer (Sigmoid) Stage 3 (into 3-6 lymph) in ...
A: It can indeed be a result of her therapy including radiation. The ONLY sure way of stopping the ...
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| Radiation for CA colon | 3/9/2008 |
Q: A relative of mine was diagnosed with stage IIB (T4N0M0) segmoid cancer, the tumor was invading the ...
A: Colon cancers (except in the rectum) are often not very sensitive to radiation. But in this ...
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| untreatable colon cancer | 3/6/2008 |
Q: my mother-in-law was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and had surgery in Dec....many many many ...
A: & months may very well be realistic given this generally bad situation. It is not just a matter of ...
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| Liver Resection - Stage IV | 2/29/2008 |
Q: Good Afternoon Doctor, I've asked you a few questions prior and I really appreciate your quick ...
A: Well good evening here! Here (Stockholm, Sweden) it is now 9.09. PM. Well there may be some ...
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| cancer ? | 2/29/2008 |
Q: I would like to ask a question regarding my mother, she has been sick for around 4 months now. She ...
A: Cysts - in a real sense - of the liver and pancreas are not often associated with cancer. Maybe ...
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| Life expenctancy | 2/29/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with stage IV Colon cancer with mets to his prostate, liver (and the bowel ...
A: Unfortunately with this situation his prognosis is VERY BAD!. His survival time can probably be ...
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| colorectal cancer untreated | 2/25/2008 |
Q: My 56 yr old aunt told us she has colorectal cancer since July 07. The doctor said could see tumors ...
A: The choice is hers for whatever reason. It is impossible to give you any kind of time estimate ...
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| radiotherapy and colon cancer | 2/19/2008 |
Q: My mum is 80, diagnosed with colon cancer and lung cancer in Jan 07. She had a colon surgery in Jan ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Colon cancers (except in the rectum) are normally not ...
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| COLON CANCER STAGE IV | 2/15/2008 |
Q: MY HUSBAND 69 WAS TO HAVE A BYPASS SURGERY MARCH 2007 WHEN THEY DISCOVERED COLON CANCER. THEY ...
A: It is very difficult to predict survival times and impossible to do it with any accuracy! But his ...
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| Colon Cancer | 2/14/2008 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist: My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in December of 2000. Since then ...
A: Well Gwen in a way we are all dying! From the day we are born. Will he die? Certainly, just as I ...
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| CEA levels | 2/13/2008 |
Q: I have a reoccuring colon cancer problem and recently my CEA levels are going crazy, up to 280 now ...
A: Has your dr. correlated your CEA levels with your chemo therapy and other therapeutical actions? The ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer Curable? | 2/13/2008 |
Q: I've read probably all of your posts and have to ask for a very honest answer to a questions. My ...
A: Well Janine, your question is really a very tough one because oncology and chemo therapy are not ...
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| Colon Cancer | 2/12/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with Colon cancer. His lab report is below. What can you tell me about the ...
A: Well this means that he has been operated for a colon cancer that has spread to local lymph nodes ...
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| Dying with Stage IV Colon Cancer | 2/12/2008 |
Q: My wife, 53 y/o, has stage IV colon cancer. She had her colon tumor removed, a lobe of her liver ...
A: The most likely scenario is that her cancer through mutations become resistant to her chemo therapy ...
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| mysterious holes in the colon | 2/9/2008 |
Q: Just about two years ago I had terrible pains in my lower abdomen. I had many tests done and a ...
A: I'm a cancer dr. NOT a gastroenterologist. Since your colonoscopies have not showed any tumor at all ...
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| signet cell cancer | 2/9/2008 |
Q: We have a good family friend who is 14 1/2 who has had his appendix/ 1/3 loer intestine removed when ...
A: Yes this is EXTREMELY young for this disease. Signet cell cancer of the colon (large bowel) is a ...
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| Colon Rectal Cancer | 2/8/2008 |
Q: My husband has Stage IV colon rectal cancer. He is undergoing chemotherapy right now. They initially ...
A: Since it is a colon-rectal (and not just colon) cancer it may be sensitive to radiation so that ...
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| Stage IV - Obstruction? | 2/7/2008 |
Q: My husband, diagnosed stage IV in September has been receiving chemotherapy (folfox/avastin) for ...
A: First of all I am not a surgeon. I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist. Your question is ...
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| COLON CANCER WITH METASTIS TO LIVER | 2/7/2008 |
Q: MY FATHER IS 66 YEARS OLD. DIABETIC. HE RECENTLY HAD 18 INCHES OF COLON Removed BECAUSE OF A ...
A: Of course there may be differences with regards to resources between different hospitals. BUT in ...
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| COLON CANCER WITH METASTIS TO LIVER | 2/6/2008 |
Q: MY FATHER IS 66 YEARS OLD. DIABETIC. HE RECENTLY HAD 18 INCHES OF COLON Removed BECAUSE OF A ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately with this situation his prognosis is ...
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| Singet cell carsinoma. | 2/6/2008 |
Q: My husband is 27 years old and he was diagnos with signet cell carsinoma stage 3.He had a surgery ...
A: I do understand your problem and situation! Yes he is very young and this is a very aggressive ...
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| Colon cancer that spread to liver | 2/5/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with colon cancer in Oct. 2005, he had surgery and had the tumor removed ...
A: Well, the moment (whenever that was) when his cancer had spread somewhere in his liver the battle ...
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| Rectal bleeding | 2/3/2008 |
Q: I am 43 years old, female, and in good health. I had a normal colonoscopy in March of 07 after a ...
A: What was the reason last time? Almost anything is possible! You write that your previous colonoscopy ...
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| Bleeding | 2/3/2008 |
Q: I am 36 and have been experiencing bleeding during bowel movements. Not just a drop but the toilet ...
A: Well at least a colonoscopy and probably a gastroscopy too! BOTH ASAP! But really I do not think any ...
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| 34 Had 4 Villous adenomas removed | 1/31/2008 |
Q: They found 4 Villous adenomas. I had a 3 month follow up with a Sigmoidoscopy in which they found ...
A: Well it means that you have a tendency of having adenomas - and at a rather early age. Hopefully ...
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| Husbands cancer | 1/29/2008 |
Q: My 32 old husband has recently been dx with colon cancer. He had a primary tumor removed from the ...
A: Getting a colon cancer this young may indicate 2 things. 1. A very aggressive cancer and 2. a ...
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| colonoscopy results | 1/23/2008 |
Q: I had a colonoscopy today and was given a paper explaining the results. One of the results was - ...
A: It only says that the inner lining of your colon (in the area in the lower part to the left in your ...
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| Stage II with Spots in Lung and Liver | 1/21/2008 |
Q: Two months ago my father felt that he was not able to get stool out of his body for some reason and ...
A: Yes it is possible. Cancer can spread BOTH via lymph vessels AND via blood vessels! However I do not ...
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| Unusal Movement of bowel | 1/17/2008 |
Q: My father diagnosed with rectal cancer last year. He had II stage of rectal cancer. And he had a ...
A: Again not necessarily an overdose. Quite the normal radiation doses in radiation therapy can - for a ...
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| Rectal Bleeding | 1/14/2008 |
Q: I am male, 26. It is ~3 weeks that I see blood during bowel movements. Blood mostly emerges towards ...
A: You are rather young for a colon cancer but I can not just based on that fact a priori exclude that ...
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| colon cancer | 1/9/2008 |
Q: I am 46, good health, except for HTN. I am a RN. I have been suffering with constipation since my ...
A: I'm not a gastroenterologist. I'm a (retired) medical oncologist & radiation therapist & M.D. with ...
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| Is colon cancer likely in my case? | 1/9/2008 |
Q: doctor. I am a 35-year-old man of Scottish descent, and am wondering if a number of symptoms I've ...
A: Honestly I think a colonoscopy would be a good idea in your case, not necessarily out of fear for a ...
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| Chemo Therapy for Colon Cancer | 1/8/2008 |
Q: On December 4, 2007, my husband had Laproscopic Right Hemicolectomy surgery. The doctor said none of ...
A: Unfortunately no one can guarantee that your husband's cancer has not spread! An indication of that ...
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| colon cancer and STDs | 1/7/2008 |
Q: My husband infected me with an STD (chlamydia-type), and I later developed stage three rectal ...
A: That is possible, though I can not guarantee that it was the case in your case. If he was infected ...
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| high grade dysplasia in the rectum | 1/3/2008 |
Q: I am a 57 yr. old white male diagnosed with high grade dysplasia in the rectum. No cancer found. I ...
A: Every patient with a history of ulcerative colitis suffers an increased risk of colon and rectal ...
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| high grade splenic flexure showing high grade dysplasia | 1/2/2008 |
Q: My mom had the lower lobe of the right lung removed 3/07. The cancer had been completely removed ...
A: Colonoscopy is the BEST way to find cancers and precancerous lesions in the colon! All other methods ...
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| Ascites Buildup | 12/31/2007 |
Q: My father had an tumor on his Omentum and after repeated CT, Colonoscopy & Endoscopy they were ...
A: Unfortunately chemo therapy - as long as it works, which will not be for a very long time - is the ...
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| Stage IIB colon CA chemotherapy | 12/31/2007 |
Q: I have previously asked you about a relative of mine who was diagnosed last month with colon cancer ...
A: True, but as you have stated the cancer HAD invaded neighboring muscle tissue (illiac muscle)! It ...
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| colon cancer with mets | 12/28/2007 |
Q: My mother is originally from Sweden. She has dual citizenship, being both Swedish and American. She ...
A: So it must unfortunately be staged as a stage IV (4) now. That means that it is not curable and all ...
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| chemo | 12/24/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, I am very recently diagnosed, and have not even seen the surgeon yet. I do not know what ...
A: That not only depends on the stage of the tumor but also on its grade (microscopical picture of the ...
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| prognosis with perforation | 12/22/2007 |
Q: Recently diagnosed with low grade stage II colon cancer after colon resection. My oncologist said ...
A: I agree with your oncologist. Even with a microperforation it is an open question with a low grade ...
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| colon cancer mets to vagina | 12/22/2007 |
Q: I emailed you back in June to ask about my friend who had a large colon cancer with mets to the ...
A: Unfortunately I do think that her prognosis is bad! If it has spread to somewhere - as it has here ...
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| colon cancer met to vagina | 12/22/2007 |
Q: I emailed you a month or so ago about my friend who had a primary colon cancer removed(on the mid ...
A: 1. It is POSSIBLE that it is an isolated secondary but FAR from certain! Others may exist but too ...
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| Colon Cancer??? | 12/21/2007 |
Q: I am 25 and active (I ran four miles last night.) For the past week, I have been having a crampy ...
A: Well, without an examination it is impossible to tell. You are rather young for anything like that ...
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| locally invasive colon cancer | 12/19/2007 |
Q: A relative of mine was diagnosed with stage II colon cancer which was locally invasive. It invaded ...
A: I certainly recommend chemotherapy. There are many such therapies available. Exactly which of these ...
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| colon cancer | 12/19/2007 |
Q: My mother died of colon cancer ( spread to Liver) at the age of 59. Her diet was not good and she ...
A: There is a risk that you do carry a genetic "burden" for this. Since not all genetics is known at ...
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| Stage IV colon cancer | 12/6/2007 |
Q: My mother age 74 has just been diagnosed of Stage IV colon cancer in October 2007 and has spread to ...
A: I have been a military dr. for many years and also a police surgeon so I have a habit of being frank ...
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| tumor size | 12/4/2007 |
Q: I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in Oct two years ago. I had the colon tumor removed, and ...
A: You may very well have a point there. I think your dr. has just simplified his work - maybe too ...
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| getting in contact with.... | 11/28/2007 |
Q: two weeks ago my wife was diagnosed with andocarcinoma colon cancer stage 4, she is a healthy 30 ...
A: I'm sorry to read about what happened to your wife! But I have to tell you about a couple of facts ...
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| stage iv | 11/27/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with stage iv, metastatic mucus adeno carcinoma in April 2007. The Doctor ...
A: No one can tell you EXACTLY how long anyone in this situation will survive. Honestly his blood ...
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| stage II prognosis | 11/23/2007 |
Q: I have been confused with the research I have done for 5 year survival rates for stage II T3 N0 M0 ...
A: Stage is not all! Grade is also important! If there are statistical differences with regards to ...
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| colon cancer | 11/22/2007 |
Q: I had my surgery one week ago and I am home from the hospital today. It was done laprascopic ...
A: It is of course not as good as a stage 1 but not too bad at all! It may however still be necessary ...
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| colonrectal cancer | 11/20/2007 |
Q: i have colonrectal cancer stage 4 which has spread to the liver was unable to remove dr advised ...
A: It MAY be possible by using radiation therapy & chemo therapy to shrink your primary cancer so that ...
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| 28yr old w/colon cancer | 11/15/2007 |
Q: after an MRI, hotspots appeared and they are concerned the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. she ...
A: All that depends on where these nodes are located, how many they are and if her cancer has spread to ...
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| Tubulo villous adenoma | 11/14/2007 |
Q: Sir,colonoscopy & biopsy of my father reveals that he has tubulo villous adenoma in rectum along ...
A: If there are many polyps in his colon the reasons are even more prominent to have them all ...
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| large Villous Adenoma | 11/8/2007 |
Q: I have recently asked you questions regarding my condition and this is more information or a follow ...
A: I can understand him. Statistics deals with vast numbers of cases, it is of much less use in a ...
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| colon cancer | 11/7/2007 |
Q: my husband was diagnosed in march this yr w/ stageIII colon cancer, they removed about 2 ft w/ the ...
A: Sorry April, I'm guilty as charged! I AM a Swede living in Sweden even though a majority of my ...
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| colon cancer | 11/7/2007 |
Q: my husband was diagnosed in march this yr w/ stageIII colon cancer, they removed about 2 ft w/ the ...
A: Well the important thing here is that his cancer was rather big 2.2 cm, almost an inch, in size and ...
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| Polyposis coli/subtotal colectomy | 11/5/2007 |
Q: Pathology diagnosis: superficial portion of tubulovllous adenoma.... What does this mean to me? ...
A: The pathology diagnosis is not all what I would need here to be able to answer your question well. I ...
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| sugested treatment | 10/23/2007 |
Q: Case History: -Female patient, 32 years old, married 2 years ago, p1+0, delivered by C.S, ...
A: I do agree with the previous answer you have received. I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! ...
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| RE: How good are study drugs? | 10/20/2007 |
Q: Dr., My 51 year old husband was diagnosed with colorectal, Stage IV cancer, over two years ago. Our ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! However, a study is a study! If it was known how good ...
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| Signet Ring Colon Cancer | 10/13/2007 |
Q: my name is Mary and I'm 17 years old. My sister (age 29) was diagnosed with Signet Ring colon cancer ...
A: I'm very sorry that this has happened to your sister and I do share your attitude to this problem! I ...
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| Colon-Rectal Cancer | 10/11/2007 |
Q: I had colon-rectal cancer surgery in June 07,it was very early stages did not have to do any kind of ...
A: I would have prefered that you had received presurgical radiation therapy before surgery. Even so ...
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| perferated colon | 9/27/2007 |
Q: my friend has an infection due to a fistuar or hole caused from the removal pf a non invasive ...
A: Sorry this is a question for a surgeon. I'm not a surgeon but a medical oncologist & radiation ...
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| inoperable secondary bowel cancer | 9/23/2007 |
Q: My sister has had part of large bowel and lymph glands removed followed by chemo.2 months later ...
A: I suppose there was pathology done on her bowel originally so there must at least exist histology of ...
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| colon cancer | 9/19/2007 |
Q: My mother has been sick for over 3 months and nobody can figure out what is wrong. Her symptoms are ...
A: The ONLY SURE way to rule it out or confirm it is a colonoscopy which seems to be impossible. Are ...
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| Colon cancer-diagnosis | 9/18/2007 |
Q: My mom has been diagnosed with colon cancer a few months ago. She experienced pain in her abdominal ...
A: This is a most remarkable case and I have to tell you that I have no experience of anything similar! ...
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| stage iv two small tumors | 9/17/2007 |
Q: My father is 72 yo, had a resection in 11/2006. Stage II, no lymph node involvement. First CT scan ...
A: RFA is a possibility but only together with chemo therapy -for the very reason I mentioned! It is ...
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| stage iv two small tumors | 9/17/2007 |
Q: My father is 72 yo, had a resection in 11/2006. Stage II, no lymph node involvement. First CT scan ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is NOT my first language. Americans are VERY fond of ...
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| colon and radiation | 9/13/2007 |
Q: I had colon cancer almost 3 years ago, I had radiation 36 trips and now i can,t poop with out exlax ...
A: Well, this is unfortunately a not uncommon but unfortunately unavoidable side effect of radiation ...
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| Colon cancer that spread to the heart | 9/13/2007 |
Q: My mother was just diagnosed with Adenocarsenoma, that has mast to her heart. She wants to do the ...
A: It is very rare that cancers spread to the heart so experience is limited. However with such a vital ...
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| my husband | 9/11/2007 |
Q: my husband has colon caner had operation tumor 3.5cm took out done test four out of 5 lymph nodes ...
A: Since from your description his cancer 1. was very poorly -lowly - differentiated, so probably very ...
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| Rectal cancer | 9/11/2007 |
Q: My mom is 80 yrs old and has just had her first colonoscopy. They found a tumor at the very end of ...
A: It is impossible to predict how successful her combined radiation-chemo therapy will be but it IS ...
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| CEA level used as sole screening method | 9/10/2007 |
Q: First, a little background. In August, '05 I had an emergency colectomy to remove a 100% blockage ...
A: Well, it is probable that CEA in your case is not as useful perhaps as we would wish but at the ...
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| Colon cancer metastasised to ovaries | 9/9/2007 |
Q: My 69 year old mother had operation on 24.July and her ovaries+womb were removed. The incision was ...
A: I'm concerned too! Since no primary has been found I would call this a cancer of unknown origin ...
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| Intestine problems! Please help... | 9/7/2007 |
Q: I apologize for asking you a non cancer related question (I hope its not related!). I am 21 and my ...
A: This is outside my area of expertise so I really should not answer it! I do recommend that you ...
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| signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the colon | 9/4/2007 |
Q: My partner aged 58 was recently diagnosed with signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of the colon. So far ...
A: The only at present available option in this situation is an aggressive chemo therapy - as ...
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| Stage IV recurrent/metastatics colon cancer | 8/31/2007 |
Q: My husband has been battling colon cancer since dec 05. Jan 07 after surgery and 6 months chemo he ...
A: I have no reason to contradict her. It is impossible to predict survival times with any accuracy but ...
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| low grade colon dysplasia | 8/29/2007 |
Q: My dad is 58 years, he has had a history of ulcerative colitis (Left sided UC for 11 years). UC upto ...
A: Ulcerative colitis does indeed carry a higher risk of inducing colon cancer. Low grade dysplasia is ...
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| my love | 8/26/2007 |
Q: my husband as colon cancer we found three day ago it is in lower but biopsies not back yet but ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problem! Well his prognosis depends on many things I do not know ...
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| rectal bleeding | 8/24/2007 |
Q: I am 59, female and have been diagnosed with IBS-D. After 50 minutes on my treadmill yesterday, I ...
A: It may very well be your hemorrhoids that cause this, but only an examination can confirm or reject ...
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| Recently diagnosed | 8/21/2007 |
Q: My Dad is 75 and diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. He has lymph node, lung and chest mets with ...
A: Unfortunately there are many very different paths his illness may follow. From his lungs it may ...
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| Recently diagnosed | 8/21/2007 |
Q: My Dad is 75 and diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. He has lymph node, lung and chest mets with ...
A: Unfortunately in this situation no treatment can at present cure him. At best a combination of ...
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| Stage IV cancer, treatments and life expectancy | 8/10/2007 |
Q: My 68 y/o father was diagnosed with colon cancer in fall '02. After 5FU and radiation, he had a ...
A: Well you can suggest that to his dr. since it may work - for a time. But I can not promise that ...
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| colon cancer metasized to liver and lung | 8/9/2007 |
Q: In Feb. 2006 my 50 year old husband was diagnosed with colon cancer that had already spread to his ...
A: Unfortunately these are bad signs - probably indicating impaired venous blood return and lymphatic ...
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| Rectal CA | 8/9/2007 |
Q: I am 72 yo widow living alone. Recent colonoscopy showed a 35 mm fungating tumor in lower rectum, ...
A: Well the choice IS yours and yours alone, but since you have asked me a straight question I owe you ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer Prognosis without Chemo | 8/8/2007 |
Q: My nephew, age 53, a 30-year street person with alcholism and crack abuse, has decided not to go ...
A: If it IS called a stage IV (4) cancer then it MUST per definition have spread to other organs! Well ...
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| Stage IV colon ca | 8/7/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with colon ca in 2001 at age 26. At that time, he had a resection which ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your situation! It is uncommon that a colon cancer resurfaces in ...
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| Severe Colon\Rectal Problems. | 8/5/2007 |
Q: For years now I've been struggling with a severe odor problem. I can't tell where it's coming from ...
A: Well, without an examination (I'm in Stockholm, Sweden and this is also obviously not a cancer ...
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| Whipples disease liver lesions | 8/4/2007 |
Q: I am a 38 year old male and have been sick at my stomach for 20 months, during of which I was ...
A: Your problems are probably caused by your hemorrhoids. But in order to have that confirmed you ...
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| anla sex | 7/31/2007 |
Q: A year ago I stared to have anal sex with my only partner for the last ten years we do it once in a ...
A: Well any kind of sex (except probably masturbation) can cause cancer! Straight/ordinary male to ...
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| bile duct cancer | 7/29/2007 |
Q: my ca 19-9 continues to go up and is now at 68 which i know is not very high, but my hepatologist ...
A: Ultrasound, CT & MRI scans can be used to check for any tumors within your liver & pancreas. Of ...
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| your opinion | 7/28/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with colon cancer and had about 18 inches of his colon removed with the ...
A: It IS rotine to compare pictures but they MAY still have "seen" something. I do not KNOW. It may ...
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| How long does it take for cancer to develop? | 7/27/2007 |
Q: I am a 43 year-old female. My father died 3 years ago from colon cancer. That same year, I had a ...
A: With your family history and your own medical history you should have a colonoscopy check up at ...
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| Colon Cancer | 7/23/2007 |
Q: I know some one who has colon cancer stage 4, in their second operation they had a 7th of their ...
A: If he still has energy & interest for doing it and there is no neurological damage hindering his ...
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| How likely is it for Colon Cancer to spread to the Lung? | 7/17/2007 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with Stage 3C colon cancer in 2002. 4 lymph nodes were tested and the cancer ...
A: Well after 5 years it is unlikely but not impossible that her cancer has come back, so it is ...
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| hemorrhoid | 7/17/2007 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist. I’m 36 male, a heterosexual. I have a question about hemorrhoids. I palpated a small ...
A: Well it CAN still be a hemorrhoid even though as you yourself have stated it IS impossible to know ...
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| My Mother's Colon Cancer | 7/16/2007 |
Q: My Mother was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon Cancer on April 1, 2007. She had a colon resection ...
A: This is a very hard question since actually in this situation she can die at any moment due to for ...
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| help. | 7/13/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: Well, colon or really rectal & anal cancer is most probably related to anal sex by the infection of ...
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| help. | 7/12/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: Such cases do exist of course - but she was 30 NOT 18! But also 30 is normally far too young for a ...
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| help. | 7/12/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: If you remember my very first reply I wrote that it is so EXTREMELY RARE in your age group that it ...
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| help. | 7/12/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: Well IF you had Crohn's or ulcerative colitis you would probably have had anemia and a high ...
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| colon cancer metastized to liver | 7/8/2007 |
Q: What is currently the most effective chemo agent (regardless of how slim a margin of effectiveness ...
A: There are now so many studies being done that it is impossible for a single person to keep ahead of ...
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| blood on toilet paper | 7/8/2007 |
Q: I am 27 almost 28 fairly active, when I was very young I was told I had IBS, had an active ucler and ...
A: ANY rectal bleeding SHOULD be examined! So I urge you to let a dr. check you - best with a ...
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| Mom's colon cancer | 7/6/2007 |
Q: In September 2007, my mother/best friend was diagnosed with diverticulitus. On October 31, 2007 ...
A: I suppose you mean 2006. I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! It is unfortunately ...
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| colon cancer and femoral pain | 7/6/2007 |
Q: i had colon cancer and was operated/had chemo nine years ago (when i was 32). for the last year or ...
A: Yes in my opinion if you had a colon cancer so early in life you SHOULD have a regular colonoscopy ...
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| radiotherapy treatment for Colon Cancer stage II | 7/5/2007 |
Q: Can Colon cancer diagnosed as stage 2 be treated by radiotherapy treatment only with no surgical ...
A: This does not sound as being a good therapy. There is an upper limit to how much radiation you can ...
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| radiotherapy treatment for Colon Cancer stage II | 7/5/2007 |
Q: Can Colon cancer diagnosed as stage 2 be treated by radiotherapy treatment only with no surgical ...
A: Colon cancers are usually not very sensitive to radiation (except for rectal cancers). So usually it ...
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| treatments or suggestions for radiation effects | 7/5/2007 |
Q: My mom is 83 years old with very low presenting colon ca. she had 4 weeks of oral chemo and radition ...
A: If her cancer is located there it MAY (not sure) be possible to treat it with radiation therapy (if ...
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| treatments or suggestions for radiation effects | 7/4/2007 |
Q: My mom is 83 years old with very low presenting colon ca. she had 4 weeks of oral chemo and radition ...
A: If she has problems with her bowel function - which I think is the basic question in your message ...
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| colon cancer in elderly | 6/29/2007 |
Q: My 93 year old very active father (still drives, plays bridge, marches in parades) just had ...
A: Without really knowing your father this is a very hard question to respond to. Yes chemo therapy can ...
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| cancer | 6/22/2007 |
Q: My wife had surgery to remove a hamartoma of the rectum.Some of the gelotinous liquid spilled during ...
A: If she has a mucinous adenocarcinoma or a signet ring carcinoma (the difference is somewhat fuzzy - ...
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| colon cancer w/ mets to liver - Theraspheres | 6/21/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed stage 4 colon cancer w/mets to his liver Nov '05 (he's 53 yrs old now). He ...
A: With a stage 4 colon cancer there are at present - if you mean cures - no success rate at all since ...
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| colon cancer w/ mets to liver - Theraspheres | 6/19/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed stage 4 colon cancer w/mets to his liver Nov '05 (he's 53 yrs old now). He ...
A: This is (still) a rather experimental therapy using local radioactive isotopes - or rather one ...
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| cea counts | 6/19/2007 |
Q: My father-n-law was recentyl told he had class iv colon cancer and was scheduled for colon surgery ...
A: Such a high CEA level indicates that his cancer has spread very widely and that his total tumor ...
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| Rectal cancer | 6/18/2007 |
Q: My father has recently been diagnosed with rectal cancer. ahe has had the tumor and lymphh nodes ...
A: In this situation chemo therapy (and to some extent perhaps also radiation therapy) can only prolong ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 6/15/2007 |
Q: My 90 year old grandmother, had colon cancer 6 years ago stage II, surgery only no chemo or ...
A: If her cancer is this widely spread it must have been spreading for some (and a quite significant) ...
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| updating you as requested | 6/12/2007 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, A copy of our first exchange (my question/your answer)follows: Subject: ...
A: 1. There is hardly any reason to do a liver biopsy based on this ultrasound report. If your liver ...
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| colon cancer stages | 6/11/2007 |
Q: My dad was tested all week last week and still we have no answers. He had a colonoscopy on Monday ...
A: Is it primary liver cancer or is it colon cancer that has spread to his liver? Important distinction ...
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| change in bowel habbits | 6/10/2007 |
Q: im 18 years old and im starting to get a little scared about my bowel habbits and its realtion with ...
A: Almost anything & everything is POSSIBLE, but at your age large bowel cancer is not a realistic ...
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| colon cancer stages | 6/8/2007 |
Q: My dad was tested all week last week and still we have no answers. He had a colonoscopy on Monday ...
A: There is no stage 8! The highest (and worst) you can have is stage 4. If indeed he has cancer in his ...
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| prostate cancer prevention | 6/7/2007 |
Q: I come from a long line of prostate cancer patients including my dad and my grandpa on my mom's side ...
A: Oh this was a hard one! The causes of prostate cancer is basically unknown even though we know that ...
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| epiploic appendigitis vs cancer | 6/6/2007 |
Q: I was diagnosed with CT about 8 mo ago with the above condition. Since then I periodically have ...
A: This is a question that should better be directed to an expert of surgery so it is mostly outside my ...
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| blood on toilet paper | 6/3/2007 |
Q: This morning, in the wee hours, I went to the bathroom, had no bowel movement even though I felt ...
A: You may have internal hemorrhoid too that may cause this. The burning sensation may come from a ...
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| colon cancer mastisized | 6/1/2007 |
Q: Her tummy looks like she is 9 months pregnant, her legs look like someone who is 100 pounds heavier ...
A: This can only be an "educated guess". With so much tumor growth tha fluid accumulates like this in ...
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| anal sex & cancer | 5/31/2007 |
Q: how are you? i have some questions. lately, i have been engaging in anal sex with my boyfriend. ...
A: Cancer is associated with both anal sex, ordinary (vaginal) sex and oral sex! In the case of anal ...
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| colon cancer | 5/31/2007 |
Q: my father in law was being diagnosed on year 2000 with stage 2 colon cancer and he had an operation ...
A: Yes, chemo therapy may prolong his survival time but that is all you can hope for unfortunately, by ...
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| ulcerative colitis/cancer | 5/30/2007 |
Q: I was told at 18 years old I have ulcerative colitis. I am now 30 years old and just had my fourth ...
A: I do not understand why you would have to wait one year for a colonoscopy which is what you do need ...
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| adenomacarcinoma colon ca w liver metastasis | 5/29/2007 |
Q: My mother is 62yo and has been diagnosed of stage4 colon ca (adenomacarcinoma, well differentiated) ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your situation! First of all you can unfortunately not count on a ...
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| IV stage Colon Cancer | 5/29/2007 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with IV stage colon cancer 9/2006, She had the tumor removed surgically from ...
A: Impossible to be sure either way without a thorough investigation. The may and they may not. ...
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| Request to give insight on CEA test result | 5/27/2007 |
Q: Greetings Dr. My mother 10-15 years ago had colon and rectum cancer and both were removed and she ...
A: It is most improbable that her old cancers have come back after such a long time. But of course I ...
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| post-colonoscopy concerns | 5/21/2007 |
Q: "I am 55 years old, caucasian, Spanish descent, 30 pounds overweight, take aspirin, ...
A: If the pathology report shows no cancer nothing more needs to be done EXCEPT regular colonoscopies ...
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| colon cancer | 5/20/2007 |
Q: My wife, 63 year old oriental, was diagnosed with colon cancer 7 years ago. She had 3 surgeries and ...
A: 90% or so of all lung cancers are related to smoking in one form or another. That means that around ...
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| colon cancer | 5/19/2007 |
Q: My wife, 63 year old oriental, was diagnosed with colon cancer 7 years ago. She had 3 surgeries and ...
A: It is possible but a new primary lung cancer is also possible and perhaps somewhat more probable. ...
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| Colon Cancer | 5/19/2007 |
Q: My children's father had colon cancer about 6 years ago, had surgery to remove part of the intestant ...
A: No I do not think he can be cured. But then I have to admit that I'm astonished he is still alive - ...
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| cancer metastizing | 5/17/2007 |
Q: My mother in law has terminal colon cancer. What are the signs or symptoms that it is metastizing to ...
A: Oh, that may be many different things depending on to where in her brain her cancer could have ...
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| Signet Cell Cancinoma | 5/15/2007 |
Q: My Sister is suffering from Signet Cell Carcinoma Stage 1V Traces are found in stomach, Ovary, ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Obviously her cancer has spread to the other organs you ...
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| Stage 3C colon cancer in an 85 y/o man | 5/4/2007 |
Q: My father is 85 and underwent emergency surgery 6 wks. ago to remove a large malignancy in his ...
A: In spite of his age I would - if I were in his shoes - accept chemo therapy in order to decrease the ...
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| Blood in Stool while on Menstrual Cycle | 4/27/2007 |
Q: I am 30 years old and today I noticed blood and mucus in my stool. I am currently menstruating. ...
A: Blood in the stools SHOULD ALWAYS result in an investigation! Such an investigation should include a ...
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| bowel problem | 4/23/2007 |
Q: I haven't had a bowl movement in 7 days. The first evening I thought I had to but when I went to the ...
A: Well the situation - as you describe it - is probably not dangerous - at least it is not obviously ...
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| colon cancer | 4/17/2007 |
Q: My husband is 6 years out from stage iv colon cancer. Had 1 liver met that was ablated 6 years ago ...
A: Probably - but I can not guarantee it - quite good! Normally you say that if a cancer patient has ...
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| stge 4 colon cancer | 4/17/2007 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed july 06 and started chemo. Now the tumors on her liver have grown and became ...
A: That Sir is not for me to answer! ONLY your mother can decide that! I hope that she has been fully ...
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| signet cell carcinoma of colon stage IV | 4/14/2007 |
Q: A dear friend, woman 51, has been diagnosed with signet cell carcinoma of the colon or intestines. ...
A: Unfortunately I have to be very pessimistic in this case. This is clearly a very aggressive cancer ...
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| colon cancer | 4/9/2007 |
Q: How long can you live with stage iv cancer? and what is the treatment.
A: Both patients and cancers are individuals, not clones - i.e. carbon copies. So the individual ...
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| Colon cancer +liver mets + secondary omentum | 4/8/2007 |
Q: I wonder if you can give your opinion on this. A friend was diagnosed 9 months ago with a cancer in ...
A: Yes I too think they regard his case only as a palliative (symptom relieving) one. The omentum is ...
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| ? | 4/7/2007 |
Q: I was diagnosed with stage three rectal cancer last year in May 2006.I went through four weeks of ...
A: It is very probable that your shoulder-arm-finger problems are associated with the blood clot you ...
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| Colon Cancer | 4/6/2007 |
Q: I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with stage 3C colon cancer. He has had stitches in for 7 ...
A: You are welcome! Well, if it was perforated was that perforation due to his cancer or due to the ...
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| stage iv colon cancer | 4/6/2007 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed last year Feb w/colon cancer in ATL. No surgery was performed (n/option ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Unfortunately at present there are no other options. If ...
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| Colon Cancer | 4/6/2007 |
Q: I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with stage 3C colon cancer. He has had stitches in for 7 ...
A: That seems a very long time, though since I do not know all surgical details it is hard to judge ...
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| colon cancer | 4/2/2007 |
Q: My sister in law had undergone a colon surgery with its detachment due to cancer and now in ...
A: Theoretically probably yes but as far as I know it has never been done anywhere. In a cancer patient ...
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| colon cancer and colonoscopy | 4/1/2007 |
Q: About 3 wks ago, I had spasmatic pains in my lower abdomen near the pelvis. They were not constant ...
A: The reason for your pain is still unknown and since it is hardly there any more there is probably ...
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| colon cancer/mets to lung and liver | 3/31/2007 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed w/stage IV c.c. a year ago. Mets to liver and lungs. Tumor was removed from ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems. Colon cancers (except those in the rectum) are ...
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| Later stages of Stage IV colon cancer | 3/30/2007 |
Q: My grandmother (77) has stage IV colon cancer. She has become mean and is beginning to hallucinate. ...
A: It is possible that it has, it may also just be a sign of her deteriorating condition. Either way it ...
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| Stage 3C colon cancer | 3/30/2007 |
Q: My 85 year old fahter experienced internal bleeding and was diagnosed with colon cancer 2 weeks ago. ...
A: For a 4 it has to have invaded another organ - a "distant site". However since it seems to have ...
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| Colon Cancer | 3/28/2007 |
Q: My mother was just diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. It did spread to the liver but was only in ...
A: That is unfortunately not possible to predict. Both cancers and patients are individuals not clones ...
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| rectal tumor with liver mets | 3/28/2007 |
Q: 50 yo male with intial symptoms of frequent bowel movements and constant pressure in lower abd. BE ...
A: I'm an old - now retired - ex-military physician and ex-police surgeon so I'm rather blunt and ...
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| colon polyps | 3/26/2007 |
Q: My husband just had a colonoscopy on Friday and the doctor found very large polyps. What is the ...
A: No he can not tell normally just by looking at them! But generally the risk that there is a cancer ...
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| Colon Cancer | 3/25/2007 |
Q: My mother was just diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. It did spread to the liver but was only in ...
A: Since it has spread to her liver and perforated her colon it is by definition unfortunately a stage ...
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| high left colon pain | 3/24/2007 |
Q: I am a 40 year old healthy female. I began to experience a slight discomfort high on my left side ...
A: Gas in your colon - especially if right under your diaphragm - CAN cause strange symptoms. Without ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 3/23/2007 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon cancer in Oct 2005. He had multiple large liver ...
A: I do not understand why a colostomy - or even an ileostomy - was not tried instead of the stent. If ...
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| scared to death | 3/23/2007 |
Q: About a month ago I noticed bright red blood in the bowl, on the stool, and on the toilet paper. It ...
A: Colon & rectum cancers only produce red blood in the stools just like hemorrhoids and anal fissures ...
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| several surguries=all polups removed | 3/22/2007 |
Q: Father said heis on the mend after seven surguries colon he said if he stayed off the booze and ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his death! Was any autopsy done? If so what did it show? Without an autopsy ...
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| friend | 3/21/2007 |
Q: my question is this...............my cousin was just diag. with colon cancer and has surgery, they ...
A: The pump is just the mechanical means of delivering her chemo therapy into her blood stream. Without ...
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| just wondering? | 3/20/2007 |
Q: I HAD A COLONOSCOPY LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO, AT 26 YEARS OLD, BECAUSE OF OCCASIONALY BLEEDING AFTER A ...
A: It is unlikely that you at your age and after a colonoscopy at that time now should have a colon ...
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| pre cancerous polyps | 3/15/2007 |
Q: my husband had 2 non cancerous polyps removed 2 years ago.last year he had 2 precancerous polyps ...
A: Well he obviously has a genetic disposition that puts him at risk of developing colon cancer. That ...
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| Doctor, please answer - scared | 3/12/2007 |
Q: I'm a 27 year old woman and I'm scared i have colon cancer. I'm seeing a doctor tomorrow. About 3 ...
A: At your age a colon cancer is rather unlikely. These rapid symptoms also do not really point in the ...
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| upcoming colonoscopy | 3/7/2007 |
Q: What are the benefits, if any, of colonic detoxification products? Are there any specific herbs, ...
A: Fiber rich food products are believed to decrease the risks of colon cancer. However they will not ...
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| upcoming colonoscopy | 3/7/2007 |
Q: My doctor has scheduled me for a colonoscopy next month, April, 2007. I am 54 years old. I had a ...
A: Actually there is not much more - if ANYTHING - you can do! Too much vitamins are not good for you ...
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| signet ring carcinoma of the stomach | 3/6/2007 |
Q: I was seeking your medical expertise and advice on my mother's current condition. She is 79 years ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! I can not in good concience recommend any diet or ...
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| erbitux | 3/4/2007 |
Q: have only had one treatment of erbitux and developed acne on face, scalp and chest. is there ...
A: This is one of the main side effects of this drug. However I have no personal experience of it or ...
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| Colorectal Cancer | 3/2/2007 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with colorectal cancer on 4/27/06 and had emergency surgery to remove the ...
A: Unfortunately, once his cancer had spread to other organs (liver, bones) it was no longer curable. ...
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| colon blockage | 3/1/2007 |
Q: I have trouble having a bm and I think I have a weekly migraine as a result.Is it possible to have a ...
A: If indeed you do have a large bowel blockage it should be investigated and the BEST and SUREST way ...
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| colon cancer | 2/26/2007 |
Q: My mother-in-law was diagnosed with colon cancer two weeks ago. She has had in the last week many ...
A: Her tumor may indeed be too big (including nearby lymph nodes to which it has spread) for immediate ...
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| CT scan shows liver mets---maybe? | 2/22/2007 |
Q: I just got my ct scan results: Here is what is seen mild fatty infiltration of the liver suggested, ...
A: Unfortunately impossible to be sure either way with this answer but possible that it is showing that ...
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| End Stage Colon Cancer | 2/22/2007 |
Q: My mother 83yrs old was diagnosed with Colon Cancer 17 months ago. She has had no Chemotherapy or ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! The tumor outgrowth at her navel will most probably ...
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| 5 CM benign Polyp? | 2/20/2007 |
Q: I have a friend who had a colonoscopy a couple of weeks ago. They found a large polyp (5 cm) in his ...
A: 1. At this big size the chance is quite high. I do not like to use statistics that way really. ...
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| colonolopy | 2/19/2007 |
Q: i was told that i had some polyps, and they need to be removed. when i go tothebathhroom for abowel ...
A: I can not promise you any benefit from this procedure with regards to your bowel symptoms. BUT you ...
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| Colon Cancer | 2/16/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed in 2003 with stage 4 colon cancer. He has had a bowel resection, removal ...
A: As a general rule of thumb - though not a guarantee - you can say that if he has survived 5 years ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 2/15/2007 |
Q: I am desperate for answers, so I hope you can help. My beautiful youngest sister, age 31, was just ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Unfortunately at present I can not offer you much - ...
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| Stage 3 colon CA | 2/15/2007 |
Q: An 81 y/o male, my father, had 4 ft of colon removed. Surgeon stated he did not see cancer anywhere ...
A: In order to make sure that his back pain is not related to his cancer or to find out if it is an ...
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| Colon/Liver Cancer, Is Transplant an option | 2/5/2007 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, My sister 32 just had surgery last week on colon to remove a tumor, also the surgon ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Unfortunately not. If her cancer has spread to her ...
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| Final stage | 2/4/2007 |
Q: I need some information regarding to the last stage of cancer. My mum had colon cancer and she was ...
A: She will probably become jaundiced with yellowish skin & eyes and dark urine. Her abdomen will swell ...
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| Colon cancer re-occurance | 2/3/2007 |
Q: The inevitable did happen! I have just been diagnosed once again with evasive adenocarcinoma which ...
A: Yes it is possible that you actually had not one but 2 cancers all the time but we can not be sure ...
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| Colon cancer re-occurance | 1/31/2007 |
Q: The first one was on the right decending colon near the appendix and close to the small intestine. I ...
A: You mean the right ascending colon close to the appandix - right? The descending colon is on the ...
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| Colon cancer re-occurance | 1/31/2007 |
Q: Although not confirmed yet through lab biopsy, it is suspected that it is located next to the new ...
A: It is possible, can even be a NEW colon cancer (since you have already had one you have a somewhat ...
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| colon cancer | 1/20/2007 |
Q: I was diagnosed with colon cancer in July of 2004 with a routine colonoscopy at age 50. At the time ...
A: Without knowing the full pathology of what was found in your colon it is unfortunately impossible to ...
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| colon polyps | 1/18/2007 |
Q: what does pre-cancerous colon polyp mean?
A: It means a polyp in the large bowel that has not yet turned into a cancer but should be removed ...
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| My Sister and cancer | 1/16/2007 |
Q: I wrote to you at beginning of this year, and asked about the constipation being suffered by my ...
A: I do understand your concern! In these cases we always do come to a point when it is just not worth ...
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| colon cancer metz to liver | 1/14/2007 |
Q: My step-father had a total colectomy on May and started chemotherapy shortly after. He was able to ...
A: Unfortunately once his cancer has spread to his liver and elsewhere it is no longer curable. What ...
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| Husband's recurrent colon ca | 1/13/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with stage 3C colon ca july 12, 2005. Underwent total abdominal colectomy ...
A: Yes it is possible to have just (known) lymph node metastasies and (known) bone metastasies without ...
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| rectal cancer | 1/12/2007 |
Q: How much do you charge to review medical records and provide an opinion on this matter? Thanks1) How ...
A: On this site I do not charge anything! On the other hand I normally do not do anything like that ...
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| rectal cancer | 1/12/2007 |
Q: If a diagnosis of a Stage II cancer was made today, but no diagnosis was made 8 months previous by ...
A: While it is known that a stage 0 ("cancer in situ") and then a stage I happen before the cancer ...
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| recurrance of colon cancer | 1/12/2007 |
Q: my actual reason for asking the question was to have an opinion as we are thinking of having a 2nd ...
A: 1. In my opinion yes. Of course the choice & decision is yours but since you have asked I must give ...
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| rectal cancer | 1/9/2007 |
Q: 1) How long does a rectal cancer tumor takes to advance from stage 1 to stage 2? 2)Is a permanant ...
A: 1. Cancers like patients are individuals! There is no simple "one size fits all" answer to your ...
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| signet ring cell adenocarcinoma | 1/8/2007 |
Q: My father-in-law was diagnosed with colon cancer 4 weeks ago and has had an illiostomy. He is in ...
A: I have no real reason not to agree with his dr. The only hesitation from my side is due to the heart ...
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| signet ring cell adenocarcinoma | 1/7/2007 |
Q: ------------------------------------------- The text above is a follow-up to ...How RARE is this ...
A: Different in different statistical material: Between 0.2 to a few percent of all colon cancers. Yes ...
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| Bleeding through pants | 1/7/2007 |
Q: I have had a pain on my left buttocks for the past few days. It started bleeding last night and bled ...
A: If you have an acute pain in one of your buttocks in connection with this it is far more probable ...
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| signet ring cell adenocarcinoma | 1/6/2007 |
Q: Does signet ring cell adenocarcinoma (colon) produce a CEA?
A: At least not always. Sorry, these tumours are RARE, so experience is very limited. There are ...
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| My Sister and cancer | 1/5/2007 |
Q: ------------------------------------------- The text above is a follow-up to ... My sister is due ...
A: Unfortunately it is more or less impossible to predict survival times with any degree of accuracy. ...
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| 50yo Dad has stage IV colon cancer (10-16-06) | 1/5/2007 |
Q: Since my last question, my dad has continued chemo. He does really well, he's healthy, little side ...
A: CEA changes between 11 to 9.4 to 9.2 and then to 10 are not really significant. They indicate a ...
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| My Sister and cancer | 1/4/2007 |
Q: Please advise me as I am so very concerned for my sister, she was diagnosed early Oct with cancer of ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! Unfortunately a cancer of the pancreas that has spread ...
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| bile duct cancer | 1/3/2007 |
Q: can you please give your opinion based on the following set of facts liver enzymes were high, and an ...
A: It is possible. The CA 19 test showing a value of 98 is pathological and could indicate a pancreatic ...
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| metastasized colon cancer | 1/3/2007 |
Q: My father-in-law lives about 6 1/2 hours away from us and was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer in ...
A: Well I can recognize a losing battle when I see one and this unfortunately is one. He evidently do ...
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| Stage 4 colon cancer | 12/26/2006 |
Q: My Grandmother was just diagnosed with advanced colon caner. They say that she has a tumor in her ...
A: If her cancer is as advanced as you describe it there is really very little that can be done ...
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| Anal Cancer Colostomy Radio Treatment 2 types Chemo 5FU mitomycin | 12/18/2006 |
Q: Nordquist. Sorry to be a pest, but my wifes sister saw her in the ward she was admitted to for ...
A: Well, since I have never seen her at all, it is very difficult - or impossible - to say anything at ...
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| colon cancer | 12/12/2006 |
Q: I would like to know the affects that smoking has on a colon cancer patient; also I would like to ...
A: Smoking has the same bad effects on colon cancer patients as it has on anybody else, but no known ...
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| diet for colon cancer patient | 12/12/2006 |
Q: I would like to have a weekly diet plan best suited for a colon cancer patient. Also, information ...
A: There are no special diets for general use by colon cancer patients. For diets in connection with ...
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| Signet Ring colorectal cancer | 12/8/2006 |
Q: My son is 36 and was diagnosised with this cacner about a month ago. SInce then he has had a few ...
A: Nausea, vomiting, hair loss, blood changes (anemia, decreased number of white cells & platelets) ...
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| colon cancer recurance question | 12/8/2006 |
Q: my name is Nora, my father has ahd stage 4 colon cancer 3 years has undergone chemo then a surgery 2 ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your father's and your problems! First of all, your father is in the best of ...
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| Signet Ring colorectal cancer | 12/7/2006 |
Q: My son is 36 and was diagnosised with this cacner about a month ago. SInce then he has had a few ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Chemo therapy MAY help him for a time - not certain ...
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| Signet Ring Carcinoma | 12/6/2006 |
Q: My husband has stage 3 colon cancer. I just found out that it is Signet Ring Cancer and that it is ...
A: With malignant tumours you can never be sure of success, we can only try by doing our best. With ...
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| signet ring carsonoma | 12/3/2006 |
Q: my dad has been diagnosed with signet ring carsonoma. the doctors are saying he only has about 2 ...
A: It is very difficult to predict survival times, especially without having a lot more information. ...
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| colon cancer | 12/1/2006 |
Q: Someone has advanced colorectal cancer, and given 6-12 months to live, and it has been 9 months now. ...
A: I presume that the bleeding is from the cholostomy. Correct? No one can predict survival time with ...
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| SIGNETCARCINOMA | 12/1/2006 |
Q: mY 25 YR OLD STEP DAUGHTER WAS JUST DIAGNOSED WITH SIGNETCARCINOMA. SHE IS ONLY 25! SHE WENT TO THE ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Unfortunately with this type of cancer in such an ...
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| colorectal ca | 11/27/2006 |
Q: My mother-in-law is 66 yo and diagnosed with colon ca last July at that time it was only locally ...
A: Unfortunately if they are only going to give her palliative surgery - presumably because curative ...
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| adenocarcinoma/unspecified origin | 11/26/2006 |
Q: my mom was just diagnosed with metastisized adenocarcinoma of unspecified origin. spots were found ...
A: Unfortunately you most probably are. If it had started in her breasts there would have been more ...
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| colon cancer | 11/22/2006 |
Q: My husband has just had surgery for colon cancer and they have staged it at a IIIb. Can you tell me ...
A: I do not like to use statistics like that on a single case. If I'm dealing with a large number of ...
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| signet ring cell adenocarcinoma | 11/19/2006 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with colon cancer / Signet ring cell adenocarcinoma in June of this year. ...
A: Unfortunately his oncologist is correct! If you are dealing with a large number of patients you can ...
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| white pus | 11/15/2006 |
Q: I'm very concered that i have prostate cancer or something is very wrong with me. Sometimes when i ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden, what do you mean with taking a heavy dump? Prostate cancer normally is ...
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| Stage 4 with high CEA's | 11/15/2006 |
Q: My wife has stage 4 colon cancer with two tumors on her liver and 9 of 19 lymph nodes showing ...
A: How much larger? The CEA values seem to indicate that a large part of her tumour mass has been ...
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| Is there any other possibility other than colon cancer? | 11/13/2006 |
Q: I'm just updating you on my situation as you requested. I was really stressed when I emailed you so ...
A: Steve, I put much more faith in a regular colonoscopy than in a virtual one - in spite of being a ...
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| colon cancer stage IV, mets to omentum | 11/13/2006 |
Q: My father, aged 60, was recently diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. He had a resection, tumor ...
A: Well, colon cancer spreading like this into the abdominal cavity - if I have understood you ...
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| colon cacer | 11/13/2006 |
Q: My dad had colon cancer three years ago and now it has moved to his liver , but they do not call it ...
A: He does not have liver cancer, he has colon cancer that has spread to his liver. Chemo therapy can ...
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| colonic ulcers | 11/7/2006 |
Q: claes dear dr..i'm sorry if this subject is not declared in ur menue , but i cant find a doctor for ...
A: If it is ulcerative colitis she has there is no cure - except surgical removal of the whole colon. I ...
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| colon and liver cancer question | 10/31/2006 |
Q: I was just called by my best friends husband to let me know that she has colon and liver cancer and ...
A: That was early! Does it run in her family? It means that she has cancer of her large bowel and that ...
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| Stage 4 Colon Cancer | 10/31/2006 |
Q: My grandmother has had colon cancer for nearly four years. She is in Stage 4 and now bound to her ...
A: That she is off treatment only means that there is no more treatment that can offer her any real ...
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| my dad | 10/29/2006 |
Q: The doctor said my parent had a blockage and bleeding after a colonoscapy. They sent off the biopsy ...
A: I can not tell if it is really serious or not, that will be decided by the result of the biopsy ...
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| Colorectal cancer with mestastis to the liver | 10/29/2006 |
Q: My daughter (40 years old) has now been hospitalized for over a month with the above. She is now on ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her troubles! All chemo therapy involves a risk of toxic effects on the bone ...
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| stage 4 colon cancer | 10/24/2006 |
Q: My father-in-law had surgery back in Jan to remove a football size tumor from his back, biopsy ...
A: It is impossible to accurately predict survival times, but what you have written tells me that his ...
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| CEA lab test | 10/23/2006 |
Q: A year ago I had a 5cm tumor removed from my colon, which proved to be cancerous, and just barely ...
A: I think you have a certain misconception of the CEA test. There are no certain fixed limits. For ...
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| rectal leakage | 10/23/2006 |
Q: ------------------------------------------- The text above is a follow-up to ... I am just not ready ...
A: As I told you without an examination of my own it is not possible to give you detaied advice. What ...
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| rectal leakage | 10/23/2006 |
Q: After going through colon cancer & pre-surgery chemo & radiation. My Colon developed an absest at ...
A: Unfortunately this happens not too rarely. It may have been better if they had given you a ...
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| colicky pain on left side | 10/22/2006 |
Q: I am a 28 yr old female. For the past couple of weeks I have been experiencing mild constipation ...
A: You are very young to think of colon cancer, especially if it does not run in your family. It is far ...
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| pt with colon ca | 10/21/2006 |
Q: I'm an RN and have a question about a patient. She is 43 years old (I'm 42) and in February she was ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her problems! Lisa, if indeed she has brain mets - but at the moment we do ...
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| Is there any other possibility other than colon cancer? | 10/20/2006 |
Q: I have a colonoscopy scheduled for next month I'm a 35yr old male no previous history of cancer in ...
A: Absolutely! It may be as simple as hemorrhoids! Steve, colon cancer stage IV is a diagnosis based on ...
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| Cetuximab/Surgery | 10/19/2006 |
Q: I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer with metastases to the liver in 2004. I haved had three ...
A: I'm happy that your chemo seems to work! For how long it will do so is anybody's guess. Two times ...
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| colon cancer | 10/17/2006 |
Q: colon cancer runs in my family and my grandmother died from colon cancer at a young age. I am 23 yrs ...
A: Without an examination I can not tell you unfortunately. How old was your grandmother when she died? ...
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| 50yo Dad has stage IV colon cancer | 10/16/2006 |
Q: On July 25, 2006 my dad had a colonoscopy to investicate painful bowel movements. The found a tumor ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! You have asked a straight question, so I'm obliged to ...
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| Burning pain in colon | 10/16/2006 |
Q: My mom-in-law has a history of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and some doctors have just termed it spastic ...
A: I can not a priori rule out a condition outside her colon but I'm sure her drs. must have thought ...
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| colon cancer complications | 10/16/2006 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer about four months ago now. Originaly they gave ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Camille, I understand your frustration, ...
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| Signet Ring Carcinoma of the stomach | 10/16/2006 |
Q: Have you ever heard of the iat clinic in the bahamas? They have treatments that are supposed to ...
A: No, but I have heard of similar claims from other "clinics". I'm sorry to disappoint you but if ...
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| Colon/Liver Tumors | 10/16/2006 |
Q: My 96-year-old grandmother was taken to the hospital because of fluid in her legs. She was given a ...
A: If both a tumour in her colon and lesions in her liver have been found and these lesions look like ...
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| after colon cancer surgery | 10/13/2006 |
Q: You mentioned that my husband should investigate the rectum tone. His rectum was not removed during ...
A: It is a pity you did not send this as a follow up to your previous question. I am now answering so ...
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| Fragments of Tublovillous Adenoma | 10/12/2006 |
Q: I'm disabled myself, so it's been quite a challenge for me to try to get all this stuff done via ...
A: Yes something is seen on the endoscopic ultrasound scan, but it is not clear what it is. Please do ...
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| Fragments of Tublovillous Adenoma | 10/11/2006 |
Q: My husband was feeling very tired & fainty, I took him to the Dr. where they sent us directly to the ...
A: Denise, I really want to help you and I realize that this is not easy for you, but your description ...
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| husbands father | 10/11/2006 |
Q: My husbands father was just diagnosed with colon cancer. A year ago his bowel burst and they took ...
A: If his cancer has spread to his liver - which is possible, even probable, but of which I without an ...
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| CEA Test | 10/10/2006 |
Q: My mom is a smoker and just had a CEA test. Her test result came back and it 13.2. Can she have ...
A: Well, this is in my opinion an example of how CEA tests should NOT be used! CEA tests are very good ...
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| Signet Ring Carcinoma of the stomach | 10/10/2006 |
Q: My mom has been diagnosed with Signet ring carcinoma of the stomach. I see the word mucinous a lot. ...
A: Cancers are based on genetic change BUT that does not mean that all run in families. In this case ...
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| Father has Colon Cancer Need Advice | 10/8/2006 |
Q: We found out that he has stave iv colon cancer and he will get a port for chemotherapy. He is going ...
A: As far as I can see it he really does not have much of a choice, this is what is possible & ...
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| Father has Colon Cancer Need Advice | 10/5/2006 |
Q: How is life expectancy determined and based on the info, what do you know about life expectancy and ...
A: In this case it is impossible to predict any life expectancy with any accuracy. I could quote ...
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| Father has Colon Cancer Need Advice | 10/5/2006 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with colon cancer 3 weeks ago and he had his surgery Tuesday. Unfortunatly, ...
A: Colon cancers (except in the rectum) are not very sensitive to radiation. If his cancer has spread ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer/immediate Surgery? | 10/3/2006 |
Q: -Another question please. My friend is in tears and in such pain today(From the colon tumor) that ...
A: I doubt very much that it is the radiation that causes her problems - too little given yet! ...
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| Assessing the benefits of colonoscopy | 10/2/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, Do I understand correctly that you DISAGREE with those medical authorities who recommend ...
A: Sorry, I'm a Swede living in Sweden and I'm not always familiar with US recommendations. If it is ...
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| Assessing the benefits of colonoscopy | 10/2/2006 |
Q: I know that people of a certain age are encouraged to get colonoscopies at specified intervals. I ...
A: I'm NOT recommending that colonoscopy should be used in the way you describe! No one should! There ...
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| Colorectal cancer with mestastis to the liver | 10/2/2006 |
Q: My daughter, 40 years old, has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer (two tumours) which has spread ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! 1. Probably yes but after any infection has been cured. ...
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| Pre-cancerous polyp removed . | 10/1/2006 |
Q: I had a Colonoscopy last March and had a polyp removed and it was found to be pre cancerous with a ...
A: If you father had this condition you are at a high genetic risk of having the same! That is the ...
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| blockage of the intestines | 9/29/2006 |
Q: what may bethe causes of blockage of the intestines in a colon cancer patient who is undergoing ...
A: There may be several causes: scar tissue is the most probable though I can not completely disregard ...
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| Colon Cancer Stage IIIB | 9/28/2006 |
Q: My mother had surgery to remove a large tumor from her colon February 2006. She refused chemo since ...
A: Unfortunately it is very probable that her cancer has spread, since CEA levels usually indicate the ...
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| CEA levels rising | 9/27/2006 |
Q: My father was dx with Colon CA 16 months ago stage 4. He is in poor health has COPD DM EDEMA HTN ...
A: The CEA increase is not good. It probably means an increase in tumour mass. It is good that chemo ...
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| mild heart attack after surgery to remove tumor on large intestine | 9/27/2006 |
Q: My dad was diagnosed 2 week ago with bowel cancer and had surgery on Friday to remove. He has ...
A: This question really should be directed to an expert on internal medicine or cardiology. However ...
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| Stage IV colon cancer metestasized in liver | 9/27/2006 |
Q: My 82 year old mother was diagnosed with cancer in March 2006. She tried Chemo and avastin but could ...
A: Should her bowel really rupture she will die soon from a general infection of the inner lining of ...
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| diverticulitus | 9/20/2006 |
Q: With this diagnosis, what does a black tar stool indicate? What is a high protein diet
A: Diverticulitis is NOT a tumour illness, it is an inflammation in the colon due to divericles in its ...
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| blood in bowel movement | 9/20/2006 |
Q: am a 51 yr woman. was told i might have crohns in the early 80's. severe problems with chronic ...
A: It is sometimes hard to distinguish between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Both - ...
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| Stage IV Colorectal Cancer | 9/18/2006 |
Q: 10/4/05 diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer inoperable at that time, did 12 treatments of ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! But since you ask a straight question you do deserve a ...
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| adenocarcinoma colon cancer | 9/18/2006 |
Q: My mother-in-law recently had a colonscopy & her GI doctor had 3 different pathologist read the ...
A: With a few rather rare exceptions (like a prostate cancer - only in males - growing in to the ...
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| Stage 4 Colon Cancer with metastasis to the liver | 9/16/2006 |
Q: my name is Rosa, My best friend has stage 1V Colon cancer, with metastasis to the liver, and lymph ...
A: You seem to be thinking better than her drs. - or are they just keeping silent?! It is very probable ...
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| what should we do? | 9/15/2006 |
Q: my boyfriend and i just found out that hes got cancer this week. it shocked me. anyway, what i ...
A: if I am to help you you have to help me by answering these questions: 1.What kind of cancer are we ...
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| colon cancer symptoms | 9/14/2006 |
Q: My dad has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Up to now he has had blood in his stool and some ...
A: Blood in his stools MAY be a sign of colon cancer. None of the other signs are sure signs of ...
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| diet | 9/13/2006 |
Q: My dad was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. We are in the process of setting up surgery and ...
A: The role of the diet in developing colon cancer is under debate. A large emphasis has been put on ...
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| colon cancer | 9/13/2006 |
Q: I want to open by saying thank you for your previous help. Now, my mother was given the results of ...
A: God morgon! (= good morning! In Swedish). Or maybe at this time of the day (10 AM): God middag (= ...
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| colon cancer | 9/11/2006 |
Q: Good morning. I just found out the other day that my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer ...
A: Good afternoon (I'm in Sweden)! Well, if it has spread to her liver she is at this present level of ...
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| stage iv colon cancer | 9/10/2006 |
Q: my father had emergency surgery on 7/20/06 and as a result must wear a colostomy. the doctor says ...
A: I do not understand your question! You state that he has a stage IV colon cancer, then state that ...
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| Blood | 9/8/2006 |
Q: I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease 4 years ago it is all through my large and small intestines. I ...
A: Wile I can not guarantee that you do not have colon cancer that is still less probable than that ...
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| Male Colitis | 9/7/2006 |
Q: I suffer from Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis with the associated Ulcerative Colitis. My colitis has ...
A: Ulcerative colitis is always associated with an increased risk of colon cancer. If your whole colon ...
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| cancer | 9/7/2006 |
Q: My Mother was recently diagnosed with cancer. She has it in her liver as a secondary. They belive ...
A: With treatment her survival time will at best be prolonged and any symptoms temporarily relieved - ...
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| health | 9/6/2006 |
Q: My stepfather (Parker Capps) has not had a BM in 16 days. He has lost 33 pounds in 2 months. My ...
A: I'm a Swede, living in Sweden. I have no idea what is available in the emergency room or anywhere ...
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| colon cancer stage 4 | 9/6/2006 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer last Jan with mets to her lung. She had a resection and ...
A: Unfortunately no. Her cancer has spread so it is at our present level of ability not curable. Chemo ...
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| Colon Cancer and the Prostate | 9/2/2006 |
Q: My brother just received information yesterday that he has colon cancer. THe way that it was ...
A: Ok, the prostate is indeed close to the colon but it is a different organ. So if indeed this cancer ...
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| dying from colon cancer | 9/1/2006 |
Q: My father is in stage 4 of colon cancer. It has metastized to the liver, lymph nodes and spine. We ...
A: Yes it is very hard! My mother in law went just the same way! I'm sorry to read about his & your ...
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| Anal Cancer Colostomy Radio Treatment 2 types Chemo 5FU mitomycin | 8/30/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, I now have all my wifes hospital treatment notes including radio and chemo treatment. May ...
A: Yes as I have written before the biological effects may be enhanced (both therapeutical BUT ALSO ...
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| colonoscopy prep | 8/30/2006 |
Q: i have to have a colonoscopy soon and i am to use trilyte with flavorpacks. it looks like it comes ...
A: The flavor is totally unimportant except as a mean of making the substance more attractive to you ...
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| rectal pylops | 8/30/2006 |
Q: About five years ago I had three benign pylops removed. Recently I had the strangest dyherrea. It ...
A: It is possible that you may have a new polype even though there are many other possible causes. The ...
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| rectal cancer with liver mets | 8/29/2006 |
Q: My mother-in law was diagnosed with rectal cancer in the early stages in march this year. She was ...
A: No I think her cancer had spread already 10 weeks ag but then only microscopically. I'm too ...
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| Stage IV -- When do you stop treatment? | 8/28/2006 |
Q: My good friend, who is 58, was diagnosed in May with cancer of the colon and rectum. It had spread ...
A: My PERSONAL opinion is that it is not. Radiation may work on a cancer of the rectum, not very well ...
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| anal melanoma | 8/26/2006 |
Q: my husb. has anal mel. and has had surgury at u of m hospital. he is 52 now and the surg.was in ...
A: You are actually quite right. Neither radiation therapy nor chemo therapy is of much value in the ...
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| CEA Level worries | 8/25/2006 |
Q: I am a 37 year old non smoker. My CEA level on Sept 2004 was 4.7 before colonoscopy. Colonoscopy ...
A: It is possible but not certain. CEA should not be used as a primary diagnostic tool, it is merely an ...
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| metastatic melanoma | 8/22/2006 |
Q: my 14th pet/ct yesterday showed two foci of abnormal uptake one in the hilar and the second in the ...
A: Those findings are indeed compatible with metastatic disease. However these radiology images do not ...
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| Left Hemicolectomy | 8/22/2006 |
Q: Over the past six years (actually since I was little, but worse in the past 6 years) I have had ...
A: From the point of view of cancer I do not think it matters much. In other ways this is outside my ...
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| colon cancer | 8/21/2006 |
Q: I am a male , 35 yrs old and i have 'holes' in my colon . is this a symptom of cancer ?
A: Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "holes" in your colon. Please explain! (English is ...
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| my recent hysterectomy | 8/19/2006 |
Q: My name is Corina, I am a 41 year old female. I had a hysterectomy (abdominal)done on July 12, ...
A: Wait with questions until after the colonoscopy, then demand to know exactly what has been found in ...
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| CT Scan | 8/19/2006 |
Q: no everything I have read including my ct scan report reads borderline prominent spleenbecause my ct ...
A: That only means that some parameters are borderline, NOT that it is bigger! Normal spleen size is by ...
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| CT Scan | 8/19/2006 |
Q: because my ct scan reads borderline prominent and I have read that on ct scan it should be 10 and if ...
A: Your spleen is as far as I can understand at the LOWER limit! With leukemias or lymphomas it should ...
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| squamous cell carcinoma | 8/18/2006 |
Q: I was diagnosed with this anal cancer in 2005. I have a permanent colostomy and had chemoradiation ...
A: Yes if treated early enough and correctly enough. I understand from your question that you have been ...
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| Should I be concerned? | 8/17/2006 |
Q: I am a 29 year old male, and I have had intermittent anal bleeding for nearly three years now. It is ...
A: The most likely explanation is what you have told me you were told - I do not KNOW though. But your ...
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| genetic markers | 8/17/2006 |
Q: I have a very strong history in my family for Breast,ovarian and especially colon cancer. My GI ...
A: I'm a Swede, living in Sweden. I have no idea with regards to what U.S. insurance compnies' policies ...
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| colon cancer/signet ring cell carcinoma | 8/15/2006 |
Q: I have another question to ask of you. How many patients have you had with signet ring cell ...
A: Lisa, I suffered a stroke 3.5 years ago, am partly paralyzed in my left side. Due to this ...
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| Anal Cancer Colostomy Radio Treatment 2 types Chemo 5FU mitomycin | 8/11/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, I have just received (an hour ago) the full medical records containing the treatment from ...
A: The dosage in itself - neither total dose nor dose per treatment nor per day - is excessive. The bad ...
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| colon cancer/signet ring cell carcinoma | 8/11/2006 |
Q: First I want to thank you,for your insight,and truthfulness.To answer your questions you've asked,my ...
A: Yes in that case she is at least a stage 3. Yes I agree that a biopsy/or biopsies is/are necessary! ...
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| Colon Cancer | 8/10/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, I have an update on my mother her CEA is now 20 and she has metastatic adenocarcinoma in ...
A: Well, that depends on what you mean by effective. As I stated in my previous reply a cure is now out ...
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| Metastic Colon Caner | 8/10/2006 |
Q: My husband, age 55 was diagnosed with colon cancer, They say his tumor is the size of a baseball, it ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! I do not know anything about the clinical trial he has ...
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| colon cancer/signet ring cell carcinoma | 8/9/2006 |
Q: What can you tell me about signet cell carcinoma? What clinical facts do you need,I will be glad to ...
A: A signet ring carcinoma (can be of the large bowel/rectum, of the stomach and of the breast) is a ...
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| Colon Cancer | 8/9/2006 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed with Colon Cancer that spread to the Liver back in February 1999. At that time ...
A: No not really, but that her CEA increases makes me think that her cancer lurks somewhere & maybe ...
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| Colon Cancer | 8/9/2006 |
Q: My stepfather has not been to a doctor in over 30 years. A couple of months ago he told me he ...
A: First: In my opinion it is quite ok to bring a note pad if you think you need it! Second: In this ...
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| colon cancer/signet ring cell carcinoma | 8/5/2006 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer in January,and the cancer she has is signet ring cell ...
A: All I can say - not being there and having all clinical facts at hand - is that since the chance of ...
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| blood after a bowel movement | 8/2/2006 |
Q: When I wiped the other day after a bowel movement i noticed blood on the toliet paper. It was ...
A: This may be due to a number of things from hemorrhoids to cancer. As you describe it it is probable ...
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| colon mets | 8/2/2006 |
Q: My mother has been battling colon cancer (Adenocarcinoma) for 4 years. She has gone through 18 ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! Well it is actually impossible to give you any ...
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| Stage IV -We need to plan | 7/21/2006 |
Q: My mother 70 year old mother-in-law was recently diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer including 6-7 ...
A: It IS difficult or rather impossible to give you any good time table estimate. It MAY take months to ...
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| Anal Cancer Colostomy Radio Treatment 2 types Chemo 5FU mitomycin | 7/20/2006 |
Q: sir. Just to keep you informed, under the freedom of information act, I have written to the hospital ...
A: I'm sorry to read about all her & your trouble! Lymphedema in her legs is a not unexpected ...
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| open incision vs laproscopy surgery | 7/19/2006 |
Q: Please help. 77 yr. old male - per biposy - 3in mod adenocarcinoma of upper left ascending colon per ...
A: Honestly I do not think he has much choice! What you are describing to me is a case for MAJOR ...
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| Rising CEA and colon cancer | 7/14/2006 |
Q: I wrote into you recently about my husband having the bilateral hilar activity. At his monthly Dr. ...
A: I do remember! The CEA level is related to the total tumour volume in his whole body, so even if he ...
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| recurring colon cancer | 7/13/2006 |
Q: I had colon cancer in April of 2000, had surgery to remove part of my colon. I had my 5 yr. checkup ...
A: A general rule of thumb with regards to colon cancer - not always correct - is that "if the patient ...
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| What's the survival rate of colon cancer patients? | 7/11/2006 |
Q: My father went to get a screen for colon cancer, and it turns out there's a "sizable" tumor in his ...
A: Any rectal bleeding or blood in the stools is cause for a check up by a dr. You can NEVER assume ...
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| Anal Cancer Colostomy Radio Treatment 2 types Chemo 5FU mitomycin | 7/5/2006 |
Q: I am really grateful to you. I will find out what strength radiation was used on the 'squamos cell ...
A: You are welcome! Thanks! A squamous cell anal cancer SHOULD have preoperative radiation therapy, ...
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| Anal Cancer Colostomy Radio Treatment 2 types Chemo 5FU mitomycin | 7/5/2006 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with Anal Cancer. The treatment was to be 29 radio treatments plus two ...
A: Not knowing a lot more about her tumour It is impossible for me to answer in detail. However this ...
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| my left ball | 7/2/2006 |
Q: How do u usually check if u have cancer in the balls? well i can feel a couple of granules on my ...
A: That is for a dr. to decide. Your testicle can be checked with ultrasound and a thin needle ...
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| Metastatic colon cancer | 7/2/2006 |
Q: I have a few more questions for you, please. The PET scan report says that there are multiple foci ...
A: The lung hilii (singular: hilus, plural hilii) are part of the lungs not the sternum (breast bone). ...
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| Metastatic colon cancer | 7/2/2006 |
Q: My 50 year old husband was diagnosed with colon cancer in 08/05. He had radiation, but still ended ...
A: If the isotope uptake was seen in his lung hilii bilaterally I fail to see what his sternum has to ...
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| cea count | 6/14/2006 |
Q: My father had his stage 3 colon cancer removed 15 months ago. They tested I beleave 9 lymph nodes ...
A: Actually CEA is best used in a relative way. With that I mean that changes are more important than ...
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| colorectal cancer | 6/14/2006 |
Q: Someone has colonrectal cancer, the cancer is inoperable, no radiation and no chemo given. 92 yrs ...
A: It is always impossible to predict survival time with any accuracy - too many unknown factors. But ...
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| colon cancer and weight loss | 6/10/2006 |
Q: No, he doesn't really want anyone to go with him. He won't take his long-time girlfriend either. He ...
A: You can try to talk to his dr. directly, but it is not sure that you will get any information. His ...
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| 97 year old rectal cancer | 6/7/2006 |
Q: If she refuses---what are the possible complications she faces. I have been told they can continue ...
A: As long as debulking remains possible, things may work - sort of. But if that no longer works a ...
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| 97 year old rectal cancer | 6/7/2006 |
Q: My mother is 97 and diagnosised with a cancerous tumor in her rectum. She has opted for pallative ...
A: The only honest reply I can give you is that even if she does not want radical surgery a colonostomy ...
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| polyps | 5/31/2006 |
Q: Dr., I just underwent a sigmoidoscopy and the doctor found one small early stage polyp and took a ...
A: Polyps are small, most often benign, tumours of the colon (in this case). However the bigger they ...
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| Colonics | 5/23/2006 |
Q: Dr. Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, I would like to know more about colonics, the procedure where they ...
A: This is something that so called "natural health people" are in to, NOT M.D.-s! I personally do not ...
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| Sigmoidoscopy and barium enema | 5/22/2006 |
Q: Dr I am male,47.with a history of colon cancer on my fathers side. I am about to undergo this ...
A: Colonoscopy (an extended version of sigmoidoscopy) is the very best method we have of finding colon ...
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| colon questions | 5/15/2006 |
Q: About a month and a half ago, I had a single incident of seeing maroon- colored blood in my feces. ...
A: Well, from the point of view of an oncologist - since cancer is my field of expertise - the ...
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| Colorectal Cancer | 5/15/2006 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with colorectal cancer late 2002. He had his first surgery in Feb 2003. ...
A: Well, unfortunately you may be right but it is yet too soon to tell. His CEA has to be followed ...
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| Colon, I think?? | 5/15/2006 |
Q: I am a generally fit and healthy 29 year old female. This may seem like an odd question to be ...
A: Most probably just cramps in your large bowel. If these symptoms are associated with cramp like ...
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| Colon Cancer | 5/4/2006 |
Q: Nordquist-I have a 78 year old mother who was diagnosed with colon cancer 4 years ago, she had ...
A: It is not the most common place for metastases from a colon cancer to settle but it is quite ...
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| Stage IV, 5 yrs ago, no more treatment.... | 5/3/2006 |
Q: My father has stage IV and has had 4 surgeries in 5 years, 2 rounds of chemo 1 round of radiation. ...
A: Unfortunately from what you have described is this clearly a terminal incurable cancer that is ...
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| Colonsocopy results | 4/25/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, How are you? I hope I am able to convey my question as clear as possible over e-mail. I ...
A: if you could undergo a colonoscopy without problems a barium enema is nothing to worry about! I ...
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| CEA level and mortality | 4/24/2006 |
Q: 53 yr Male will have surgery in 5 days, CEA level is 35.1. Biopsy is positive for colon cancer. ...
A: Yes there is a CERTAIN correlation. An INCREASING and high level of CEA after initial therapy is a ...
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| legnth of radiotherapy effects/colon/bowel | 4/11/2006 |
Q: Followup To Question - What is the normal window of healing time for 75 Grays exposure to ...
A: Well, sitting here in Sweden and since I have never seen your tumour it is hard to second guess ...
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| legnth of radiotherapy effects/colon/bowel | 4/10/2006 |
Q: What is the normal window of healing time for 75 Grays exposure to rectum/bowel/colon? I am still ...
A: Then I do understand this better! In extreme situations extreme measures may be needed even be ...
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| legnth of radiotherapy effects/colon/bowel | 4/8/2006 |
Q: What is the normal window of healing time for 75 Grays exposure to rectum/bowel/colon? I am still ...
A: 75 Grays is a very high dose indeed = 7500 rads ("old fashioned" unit I learned to use when I was ...
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| abouth anus | 3/23/2006 |
Q: plz help me i have pain in my inner anal mucle since my peri anal abcess operation it has now 6 ...
A: Sorry! This is a question fo a surgeon so it is outside my field of expertise (cancer). Furthermore ...
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| postoperative CEA and colon cancer | 3/20/2006 |
Q: My father was diagnosed of colon cancer in November, 2004, and received surgery to remove tumor and ...
A: In the absence of other signs of tumour disease CEA is all you have so it is very difficult to be ...
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| colorectal cancer | 3/17/2006 |
Q: question for opinion: 92 yr old woman has colorectal cancer, inoperable, no chemo, no radiation. T4 ...
A: Impossible to answer without knowing a LOT more facts. With a diverting colostomy the primary tumour ...
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| colon cancer | 3/13/2006 |
Q: I had a regular colonoscopy August 2005, at Arlington Hospital. Everything was ok, no polyps. ...
A: Nothing in this inperfect world is 100% safe but with such a recent colonoscopy you should be as ...
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| Cancer pain? | 1/11/2006 |
Q: On 12-5-05 my half brother died from pancrearic cancer. One of his symptoms was back pain. For 20 ...
A: A back pain that has been there for 20 years is not associated with pancreatic cancer but of course ...
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| brother with enlarged liver w/cancer in &colon & liver suspect pancerease as welll | 1/4/2006 |
Q: if this is in all these areas what life expectancy does my brother have. He has already had a 6 ...
A: I'm not sure I have completely understood your question. If he is known to have a certain colon ...
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| How will it end | 12/31/2005 |
Q: My wife has colon cancer stage IV with cancer in liver and ovaries. She also suffers from ...
A: I'm VERY sorry for her - & your - problems! I do not understand either how her condition could be ...
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| Radiation caused necrosis | 12/27/2005 |
Q: .my husband was diagnosed and treated for rectal cancer 2 yrs ago. He was given chemo and high dose ...
A: I'm VERY sorry to read about his - and your - problem! This problem has most probably happened ...
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| CEA Counts | 10/23/2005 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed in Oct. 2002 with stage 4 colon cancer, he seemed to respond very well to ...
A: Well his CEA is higher and his cancer has spread to his lungs & his liver. The higher CEA value ...
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| colon cancer | 10/11/2005 |
Q: My dad was diagnosed with Stage 3 A colon cancer. 1 lymph node showed microscopic cancer cells. It ...
A: Well, I can not give you any guarantees, but even without chemo - though of course it would have ...
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| CEA levels increase Chemo regime change recommended | 9/24/2005 |
Q: Male 57 colon cancer removed 12.04 but also have 2x 4cm mets to left lung. I started FOLFIRI ...
A: In view of the fact that your condition unfortunately has progressed in spite of therapy it is ...
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| What questions should I ask Dr to screen if they are experienced enough to perform colonoscopy? | 9/8/2005 |
Q: my mother is 52 and just found out last week she has colon cancer. She had a colonoscopy, they ...
A: Well this was a lot at one time! I'm sorry to read about all the trouble your mother has had! If she ...
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| Colon Cancer w/pulmonary metasteses | 8/30/2005 |
Q: I wanted to let you know that he had a tumour removed from his right lung in June but has not been ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! They are right up to a point. Of course the chemo & ...
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| Colon Cancer FollowupQuestion of 3/7/05 | 7/1/2005 |
Q: In Jan 04 I was found to have Colon Cancer, stage IV. Small tumors in the liver. Since then I have ...
A: My answer is my opinion. On this matter you will probably find several opinions. Most drs. would ...
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| What tests should I have?? | 6/16/2005 |
Q: I am a 45 year old female with a complex medical history which includes SLE, FMS, Interstitial ...
A: I see! I'm in Sweden! Well honestly speaking you seem to be in good hands! I was not aware of what ...
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| What tests should I have?? | 6/16/2005 |
Q: I am a 45 year old female with a complex medical history which includes SLE, FMS, Interstitial ...
A: Well first of all you need a clinical investigation! I'm at least 5000 miles away from you, so it is ...
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| chemotherapy and side effects | 6/16/2005 |
Q: Just 2 weeks before Christmas, my Father was diagnosed with colon cancer. First they had to do a ...
A: I'm sorry to read about all the problems of your father! The symptoms you describe may not have ...
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| Recurring Colon Cancer with exterior tumor | 6/12/2005 |
Q: My mom-in-law had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and to install a colostomy bag in 2003. She ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! Unfortunately in this stage her tumour illness is ...
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| Stage 4 colon cancer | 6/6/2005 |
Q: My husband has been diagnosed almost 3 years ago with stage 4 colon cancer, his colon has been ...
A: Lung cancer is an entirely different kind of cancer that STARTS in the lungs then may spread ...
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| Sigmoid exam | 5/1/2005 |
Q: Greetings: Last Tuesday I had a lower sigmoid exam at Kaiser. Everything was pretty clear. They did ...
A: Since the results are not in we do not even know yet if it is a cancer or not. Further action ...
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| Rising cea scores following radio ablation of the lung | 4/14/2005 |
Q: A chronology beginning March 1, 2001 (I am now 54 years old) 3/1/01 as the result of some ...
A: I*m sorry to have to say this but I have to admit that were I in your shoes I would be worried too! ...
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| CEA Counts | 3/29/2005 |
Q: My father was diganosised with mastisized colon cancer. Following his surgery a year ago, his CEA ...
A: CEA is an antigen (actually a protein) associated with some cancers, among them colon cancer, that ...
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| previous question | 3/20/2005 |
Q: I previously asked a question which I can no longer locate. My question was on life expectancy and ...
A: I have answered this previously. My answer was that I do not think you can avoid surgery since I ...
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| Pigment discoloration & fluid retention | 3/19/2005 |
Q: Doctor A dear friend of mine has recurrent colon cancer. He got colon cancer in 2001 and it has now ...
A: It is at least correct so far as that he has advanced colon cancer that has spread elsewhere and ...
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| Liver cancer | 3/11/2005 |
Q: wht should b the best treatment for liver cancer.it has recently been diagonosed in mine uncle...plz ...
A: The only therapy with any possibility of success is surgery - when possible. Maybe supplemented by ...
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| colon cancer symptoms | 3/10/2005 |
Q: Nordquist: I'm a 37 year old male and in the past three weeks after feeling fatigue, I went to my ...
A: Every patient with blood in his/her stools should undergo extensive checks to rule out cancer in ...
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| Radiation therapy side effect. | 3/7/2005 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, My brother-in-law is receiving pre-operative radiation therapy at Duke. He is ...
A: This is a rather common side effect of radiation therapy involving the bowel. The radiation causes ...
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| Colon Cancer | 3/5/2005 |
Q: In Jan 04 I was found to have Colon Cancer, stage IV. Small tumors in the liver. Since then I have ...
A: At the moment the only available and possible further therapy is more chemo therapy - if clinically ...
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| Colon Cancer and CEA count | 3/4/2005 |
Q: My father has inoperable, distant-recurrent colorectal cancer. In order to provide you sufficient ...
A: From what you have written it is obvious that his tumour is not a normal CEA producing cancer. ...
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| Colon Cancer | 1/31/2005 |
Q: I have found out that my dad has colon cancer and it has spread to his liver and now it looks like ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your father's problems! If your information is correct that his cancer has ...
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| Nearing the end? | 1/16/2005 |
Q: I wrote to you back on 6/29/04 about my husband with stage 4 colon cancer that came back. This is ...
A: Without an examination of my own it is difficult or rather impossible for me to give you any kind of ...
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| Swelling in legs and abdomen/recurrent colon cancer | 12/21/2004 |
Q: My grandmother has colon cancer that has metastisized to her liver. She is 86 years old. She was on ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your grandmother! Her symptoms are signs that her illness is advanced. It ...
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| Bowel cancer | 12/12/2004 |
Q: Can back ache occur due to bowel cancer and what other reasons could cause constipation?
A: There are an almost infinite number of reasons for back ache so sure bowel cancer is a possibility. ...
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| how can you tell if its blood in the stool? | 10/27/2004 |
Q: this is kind of unpleasent but i was wondering what does blood in the stool look like? i mean how ...
A: Red blood in your stools looks like any blood and certainly not like tomatoes. If it is red it ...
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| Colorectal Cancer / Polyps | 9/20/2004 |
Q: I hope you do not mind me contacting you with what is probably a trivial matter. I'm a 32 year old ...
A: You are quite right! A more extensive examination - at least a proctoscopy - should have been done! ...
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| mother is 81 and has lost 19 lbs | 9/20/2004 |
Q: My mother is 81 and has lost 19 lbs in the last year or so. She has always been in good health, but ...
A: It is most probably best to check her colon (large bowel). That is best done by a colonoscopy ...
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| folfox-4 | 9/19/2004 |
Q: my brother-in-law was diagnosed with colon cancer stage 11 eight months ago. since then he has had ...
A: Depends on how the surgery is done. If it is done in order to obtain biopsies, which is likely, it ...
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| stage 4 colon cancer | 9/9/2004 |
Q: I have a 37 year old male friend with stage 4 colon cancer that has spread to the liver. He is ...
A: Madame, you have asked me a straight question, so it deserves a straight reply! Unfortunately, ...
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| Mother's delayed treatment | 8/21/2004 |
Q: I wrote to you recently about my mother's surgery and diagnosis May 21. You asked me when a problem ...
A: Sorry to read about your problems! A certain amount of delay is unavoidable. So surgery within 2 ...
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| colon cancer slow treatment | 8/18/2004 |
Q: My mother is a 62 yr old woman who has been in excellent health. She was scheduled to have a ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your mother's problems! Of course her therapy should be proceeded with A ...
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| Stage IV Colon Cancer | 8/16/2004 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, my 42 year old husband was diagnosed in Feb 2004 with andocarcinoma colon cancer. A ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! There is an old Swedish proverb (if you do not already know ...
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| Colon Cancer radiation pods | 8/5/2004 |
Q: My daughter in law has told us she has colon cancer. She just had radioactive pods inserted in her ...
A: This sounds a bit strange. To evaluate it though I need a lot more information tha you have provided ...
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| Colon cancer survival rates | 7/11/2004 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, You have been very helpful to me in the past and I hope you don't mind one more ...
A: This is statistics. It does not tell you much about a single case! It means that ON AVERAGE treated ...
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| Problem. | 6/30/2004 |
Q: I have a question regarding my health. I dont think its cancer but i dont want to go to the doctor ...
A: Without an examination it is impossible to tell. There are many possibilities, but to be more sure ...
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| recurrent cancer | 6/29/2004 |
Q: In Oct. 2002 my husband was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer, which had spread to his liver ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your husband! Unfortunately I can not honestly give you any good news. His ...
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| colon cancer and blood clots | 6/25/2004 |
Q: You answered my question a few months ago (April 12 ) about my father's stage IV colon cancer that ...
A: I am sorry to read about your father's problems! Yes you are right. Many malignancies carry with ...
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| Anal Fistula & colon cancer | 6/16/2004 |
Q: Sir i am Riaz from pakistan.in 1997 i conducted my surgery for anal fistula.But now in 2004 it has ...
A: I suggest that you forget everything about homeopathy and let your surgeon take care of you! In some ...
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| Colon Cancer two questions | 5/25/2004 |
Q: My wife is in remission for colon cancer. She has already had a colostomy. I have two questions. ...
A: You are quite right the MRI test is much more important than any risks involving the contrast (dye) ...
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| colorectal cancer - to treat or not? | 4/11/2004 |
Q: My father,a healthy 68 year old, has stage IV colorectal cancer. It has metastasized to his liver ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your father! Unfortunately I can not give you any happy tidings. A cancer of ...
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| Tubulovillous Adenoma | 4/4/2004 |
Q: Nordquist, Thank you very much for your reply, i am very gratefull for your time and concern, your ...
A: You are welcome! Thank you! Glad to be of service! Well it is not cancer but it may develop into one ...
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| Colon cancer with lung metasteses | 4/1/2004 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. After a year of CP11 and oxliplatin, he is off ...
A: I am sorry to read about your husband! Yes there is a doubling rate for malignant tumours, meaning a ...
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| colon cancer w/ liver mets | 3/5/2004 |
Q: My father (age 63) was diagnosed with colon cancer about 3 years ago. He had surgery, which ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your father! First of all the treatments he is considering are all ...
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| colon cancer screening | 2/10/2004 |
Q: I was wondering if virtual colonoscopy is really as reliable as the old way of testing for colon ...
A: The major drawback is that no biopsy is possible during the procedure. If something is seen during ...
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| Colorectal Cancer | 1/6/2004 |
Q: I have a question on ethics, I believe. I was scheduled to have colon resection surgery this morning ...
A: Yes and no. I'm sorry to read about your miseries! That the surgeon may be delayed is something we ...
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| colon polyps | 12/2/2003 |
Q: i had a colonostophy to determine cause of abdominal pain on right side. he couldn't get by a ...
A: I have to point out the fact that I'm an oncologist and radiotherapist, not a surgeon. Most of your ...
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| Radiation | 9/10/2003 |
Q: My Dad has colon cancer he has a tumor on his pelvis that can't be removed.He had Radiation to ...
A: How much radiation that can be given depends on how much he has received. Probably he has been given ...
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| Colon | 7/27/2003 |
Q: I am writing to ask you about what may be going on with my sister. I am concerned with her current ...
A: I'm sorry! Without examinating her myself I can not fully evaluate her situation. However, a cancer ...
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| Hi, one of my best friends... | 4/6/2003 |
Q: one of my best friends (18 years old) was telling me the other day that he's been having a lot of ...
A: Yes it can be caused by colon cancer, but at his age that is not very probable (but not impossible). ...
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| Colon Problems | 3/11/2003 |
Q: Good day Dr. I will first apologize for the graphic nature of my post but I am at a loss as to what ...
A: Frankly these obviously severe symptoms make a very thorough examination with coloscopy and ...
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