Question 1

how long is life expectancy for an 87year old person with colon cancer? with or without surgery?

Accepted Answer

: It's not possible to even guess without more information:  the stage of cancer, symptoms, what surgery or other treatments have been done, other health problems (other than age), and so on. It could be a month or 10 years; or the cancer might be cured.

Question 2

life expectancy of colon cancer==similar to parent if familial?

Accepted Answer

Yes and no: If you a have a true familial form (generally this means multiple 1 st degree relatives have it. Usually happens at an earlier age) then yes the course of disease is similiar. If by familial you mean 1 relative had it, then no it is variable and progress differently.

Question 3

what is the life expectancy for a 78 year old man with stage 3 colon cancer which has not spread ?

Accepted Answer

Variable: There is &gt;50% chance that your colon cancer is cured with surgery already, in which case your life expectancy should be like a normal healthy person. You may benefit from treatment using adjuvant chemotherapy, if your tumor had spread/involved the lymph nodes in the abdomen. Check with your doctor and let us know how many nodes were involved with your tumor?

Question 4

stage 4 mastatic colon cancer, multiple tumors and organs removed (2 surgeries) an inoperable tumor and c diff. 54 yr old woman. life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

Can't predict: I might choose comfort measures only for myself, and spend my last few days or weeks finishing up what i could. Someone else might choose aggressive management with something avant-garde and last five years. What i hope is that you will cherish whatever time you have left with this person.

Question 5

life expectancy, diagnosed 7/15/11  stage iv  colon cancer, cancer has spread to the vagina. the tumor recently grew 20%. what treatments available?

Accepted Answer

Experimental: Contact the oncologist to enroll in treatments - but if conventional therapy isn't helping at this point, it is worth talking with your oncologist about options. Note that experimental treatments are not better-.

Question 6

what is the life expectancy of a 78 year old, stage 4 colon cancer spread to liver and lungs? having chemotherapy (tablets) but losing weight.

Accepted Answer

Survival ?: Stage 4  colon Ca spread to liver and lungs have a poor prognosis unless the degree of liver involvement is  small and only a few lung lesions present. The lung lesions can be removed with a thorascope leaving only the liver as the site of spread.  Here microwave ablation, chemo embolization or radiolabelled microspheres can then be used.  There are several immunotherapy protocols available.

Question 7

my mum, 67 , was diagnosed with colon cancer with liver metastases, lesions in lungs and kidneys. starting folfox tomorrow?? life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

Not enough: Need to assess for Kras and Nras mutation IF she is wild type she should receive FOLFIRI  and Erbitux

If she has mutation the treatment of choice FOLFOX and Avastin

Life expex 22 - 26 months... If responsive disease can be extended with other agents and survival can extend several years.

New agents add to OS   sequencing of therapy is important to extend Overal survival

Question 8

what is the life expectancy for stage 4 colon cancer with small liver/lung mets , partial sbo, and plueral effusion -no more treatments and on hospice?

Accepted Answer

Not too long: Up to 6 months, but can be up to 12-18 months.

Question 9

what happens when you leave colon cancer untreated and it begins to bleed?

Accepted Answer

Complications: The natural course of untreated colon cancer includes local and systemic effects.  Local effects may include bleeding, perforation, intestinal obstruction, and growth into adjacent organs.  Systemic effects include spread to other organs such as the liver and lungs.  Of course, the best time to treat a cancer is as soon as it is diagnosed.

Question 10

how long can you live with untreated colon cancer? how do you die?

Accepted Answer

Why Not Rx?: The natural history of untreated colon cancer can include obstruction, perforation, and/or bleeding; any and all of these can lead to death, typically within years after the cancer first starts to grow.  On a systemic level, colon cancer may spread to vital organs such as the liver and lung, which may lead to death over the same time course.

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Life expectancy of colon cancer==similar to parent if familial?

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What is the life expectancy for a 78 year old man with stage 3 colon cancer which has not spread ?

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Stage 4 mastatic colon cancer, multiple tumors and organs removed (2 surgeries) an inoperable tumor and c diff. 54 yr old woman. life expectancy?

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Life expectancy, diagnosed 7/15/11 stage iv colon cancer, cancer has spread to the vagina. the tumor recently grew 20%. what treatments available?

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What is the life expectancy of a 78 year old, stage 4 colon cancer spread to liver and lungs? having chemotherapy (tablets) but losing weight.

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My mum, 67 , was diagnosed with colon cancer with liver metastases, lesions in lungs and kidneys. starting folfox tomorrow?? life expectancy?

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What is the life expectancy for stage 4 colon cancer with small liver/lung mets , partial sbo, and plueral effusion -no more treatments and on hospice?

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What happens when you leave colon cancer untreated and it begins to bleed?

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How long can you live with untreated colon cancer? how do you die?

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