Question 1

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 2

what does it mean to bleed "out" from colon cancer?

Accepted Answer

Anemia can be first: Often a colon tumor will only be detected after routine bloodwork uncovers anemia (low blood count). Workup then should include endoscopy, and the tumor is found.  Sometimes weakness from anemia prompts the same workup.  It is usually a very slow, gradual blood loss, and not a sudden, high volume massive bleed.

Question 3

when they say colon cancer bleeds intermittently, do they mean every few days?week?, months?years? my dr said most colon cancers bleed continuously.

Accepted Answer

Unpredictably irregu: Most colon cancers bleed irregularly and would cause serious other complications within 6-12 months, if left untreated. They increase in size and can obstruct the lumen of the colon and also tend tio spread often to the liver..All within a period of 1-2 years.

Question 4

colon cancer pt with 1 met in liver , 1 nod?

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You could be cured : You could be easily treated with proper chemotherapy treatments and depending on how big is your liver tumor and location, this specific management can range from surgical resection to tumor ablation.

Question 5

do you think i have colon cancer? bleeding from rectum

Accepted Answer

See a doctor: Rectal bleeding can be from a variety of causes including hemmorhoids, colon cancer, diverticular disease, etc. You need to get it checked out by your doctor.

Question 6

how harmful for your health is liver and colon cancer?

Accepted Answer

Pretty bad: If you are asking about colon cancer that has spread to the liver then you are dealing with advanced, grade 4 disease. Prognosis would be poor. Sorry.

Question 7

how long does it take colon cancer to spread to liver?

Accepted Answer

Depend : All depends on what stage the cancer is at time of diagnose and treatment.

Question 8

my best friend has been diagnosed with colon cancer and a secondary on her liver. what now?

Accepted Answer

Chemotherapy: The presence of cancer outside of the colon usually changes our focus from local treatment (colon surgery) to systemic due to the high probability of cancer cells being elsewhere.  Occassionally, an isolated tumor in the liver may be treated surgically at the same time as the colon surgery (or soon after).

Question 9

alt reading -50
alp reading -140
bilirubin 74

is this suggestive of liver failing

metastic colon cancer ?

Accepted Answer

Liver: No I do not think it is the liver failing. I think it is. sign of liver involvement in the metastaticc process

Question 10

can chemo for colon cancer damage the liver?

Accepted Answer

It may: Almost all chemotherapeutic drugs have unwanted effects on other organs, including the liver.

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Colon cancer pt with 1 met in liver , 1 nod?

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My best friend has been diagnosed with colon cancer and a secondary on her liver. what now?

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Alt reading -50 alp reading -140 bilirubin 74 is this suggestive of liver failing metastic colon cancer ?

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