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My mother just had a colonoscopy & diagnosed with a malignant cecal mass. surgery scheduled in 1 week. how serious is this?
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Serious: They need to do surgery and possibly scans to stage the cancer .you wont know much until ;ost op as far as prognosis
Answered 6/22/2015
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