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My friend says she has type iv colon cancer, and it is blood borne, so she is going to have chemo. what does it mean when it becomes blood borne?
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Cancer begins: In one organ, but kills by traveling to others and detroying function. Colon cancer travels, either by blood or lymphatics, to the lover, bones, lungs and brain.
Answered 1/7/2013
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Not a blood borne : I think most likely your friend missunderstood about " blood borne". Colon cancer is not a blood borne disease. It is not infection. Probably she meant that the disease has spread beyond the colon to other organ through her lymphatic system or blood.
Answered 1/7/2013
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Spread via blood: This means that tumor cells have spread to distant organs or sites via the bloodstream.
Answered 12/26/2015
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