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Colon cancer spread to aorta
A 40-year-old female asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
47 years experience
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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledgeanswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
Probably not: If this is "adenocarcinoma of the colon", then the tumor next to the aorta represents growth outside the wall of the colon, which means it isn't possi... Read More
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2.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Prashant Sinhaanswered
General Surgery 21 years experience
Lymph nodes: Lymph nodes are the way colon cancer cells usually escape the colon. It can grow through the colon into the surroundings. Finally it can move from lym... Read More
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Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
Different ways: It spreads via lymphatic organs ( lymph glands) in majority cases ; but also through blood ( hematologically) and sometimes in certain location als... Read More
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Dr. Eric Kaplananswered
Colon and Rectal Surgery 44 years experience
Lymph nodes: Followed by liver and lung. As well it can spread to adjacent organs to the tumor by local spread.
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Dr. William A Biermannanswered
Medical Oncology 48 years experience
Possibly: If there are no other signs of spread, an involved node does increase risk of recurrence. There are other factors such as grade, and cancer mutations ... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 67-year-old female asked:
Dr. Steven Hebertanswered
Pathology 31 years experience
Cancer metastatisis: It's very unlikely that chemotherapy would cause your cancer to spread. Chances are micro metastatic disease existed earlier and has just now become ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Goldanswered
Internal Medicine 46 years experience
It depends: Some cancers grow slowly and others rapidly. At this point we cannot predict what will happen on an individual basis but as we learn more about the bi... Read More
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6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mary Maluccioanswered
29 years experience
Not fast: Cancer is thought to spread over several weeks-months of time, not days to weeks. As such, the commission on cancer has guidelines for treatment that ... Read More
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4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gutti Raoanswered
Hospital-based practice 48 years experience
Depends: It depends on the type of cancer, vicinity of the organs, whether being treated or not.
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4.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Goldanswered
Internal Medicine 46 years experience
No: It is not unusual to see lung metastases in advanced colon cancer.
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6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ly Phananswered
General Surgery 24 years experience
Depend : All depends on what stage the cancer is at time of diagnose and treatment.
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5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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