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Can a person live up to 5 years with stage iv colon cancer ? 1 liver met and 1 node . primary removed last year

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Dr. Addagada Rao
Dr. Addagada Raoanswered
General Surgery 58 years experience
Yes , possible: 25% to 40 % is 5 years survival for Stage IV colon cancer . With aggressive treatment by resection of involved liver and chemotherapy even getting better results in recent years than couple of decades ago.
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