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A friend of mine has been diagnosed with intestinal cancer recently. is it treatable with much success?

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Depends on stage: And type of cancer. Colon is the commonest site of intestinal cancers and early colon cancer has an excellent survival rate. The rates decline with advancing stage. Five year survival rates by stage are: 1 ~ 93%, ; 2 ~ 80%, 3~60%, 4 ~ 5%.

Answered 6/26/2012

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