A member asked about a 79-year-old male:

Life expectancy for stage four colorectal cancer spread to liver, on hospice with no treatment for past five months?

1 doctor answer3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Jeffrey Juchau
Family Medicine 35 years experience
Colorectal Cancer: That is a difficult question to answer. Since we do not have all the facts especially concerning the overall health otherwise of the patient or their current health it is impossible to say. The best person to talk to about this is the physician who is following the patient now.
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