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Diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer at age of 85.bleeding from rectum with clots.if unable to stop bleeding , approximately how long to live?
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Talk to your doctor: Sort to hear of your diagnosis. Survival time would depend on amount of bleeding and extent of metastatic disease. Bleeding can almost always be stopped. A short course of radiation therapy should stop the bleeding with minimal side effects even if you are not a candidate for chemotherapy.
Answered 1/25/2020
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Depends: It is difficult to speculate how long someone lives without knowing the full details of your disease and factors about yourself. Even if stage iv, treatments that can improve your quality of life are very viable options. This can include radiation therapy to help control bleeding, etc. For cancer, it is best to have a multidisciplinary team (doctors from different specialities) weigh in.
Answered 10/3/2015
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